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                  Name: GINA++
               Version: 1.7 beta
                  Date: May 93
                 Title: Generic INteractive Application for C++ and OSF/Motif
            Authors(s): Andreas Baecker
               Contact: Andreas Baecker
       Subject Area(s): C++, graphics_vis_gui
   News Group or Email: ginaplus@gmd.de (Mailing list), baecker@gmd.de
        Bug reports to: baecker@gmd.de
       Software Needed: AT&T 3.0 based C++ compiler (Sun C++ 2.0.1), X11R5, Motif 1.2
       Hardware Needed: Sun Sparc or HP
                Access: Anonymous ftp from ftp.gmd.de [129.26.8.90] /gmd/ginaplus/*
                        Also on ftp.x.org:/contrib/GINA-PLUS-PLUS.*
             User Base: 
         Documentation: LaTeX and PostScript. Part of distribution.
                        Also on ftp.gmd.de:/gmd/ginaplus/GINA++.*.ps.Z
                        and     ftp.x.org:/contrib/GINA-PLUS-PLUS.*.ps.Z
  Published References: Listed in the file GINA++.README
              Abstract: GINA++ (The Generic INteractive Application for C++) is an
                        object-oriented application framework that facilitates the
                        development of applications with a graphical user interface.
                        It is written in C++ and uses OSF/Motif and X for the user
                        interface parts.  GINA++ comes as a library of C++ classes,
                        10 small to medium demo applications, and it is fully 
                        documented. 
         
                        Components of GINA++ are: (1) A C++ encapsulation of OSF/Motif
                        providing easy-to-use mechanisms for deriving new widget
                        classes  completely in C++, (2) Support for object-oriented
                        graphics (rectangles, arrows, circle, etc), (3) An unlimited
                        undo/redo history mechanism, (4) supporting classes for data
                        structures (list, arrays, etc), run-time type information, and
                        a notification mechanism. 

                        The classes of GINA++ constitute an executable program - the 
                        generic application - which possesses the basic functionality
                        and the user interface components common to all interactive 
                        graphical applications, but lacks any application-specific
                        behavior.  New applications are constructed according to
                        the object-oriented software development paradigm: The 
                        predefined functionality and behavior is inherited by deriving
                        subclasses from the existing GINA++ classes.  Application 
                        specific behavior is implemented by adding new classes and
                        member functions.  Differences to the standard application
                        are coded by refining virtual member functions inherited from
                        GINA++. 

              See Also: Interviews
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