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Register today so you can hear all about drawing editors in Squeak. Ned Konz has been doing research and implementation; check it out:

Building structured drawing editors using Connectors and Squeak
presentation
Ned Konz: Viewpoints Research
Wednesday 4:00:00 pm to 4:45:00 pm

Abstract: Connectors is an open-source framework for building structured drawing editors using Squeak Smalltalk. The rich component library provided with Connectors makes it easy to customize shapes and connectors, in many cases without writing any code.

This presentation will introduce Connectors and describe how Connectors can be used to quickly construct a Squeak application for editing and visualizing structured data. It will demonstrate the entire process of developing a simple Connectors application, including customizing connectors, connection policy, shapes, toolbars, flaps, and worlds.

Integration with the Genie gesture recognition system and the eToy tile scripting system will also be described.

Bio: Ned Konz has been a Squeaker since 1997, and has contributed a number of enhancements and fixes to the Squeak effort. He is also one of the six "Squeak Guides" who lead the open-source Squeak development effort. He has been working as an independent consultant since late 1999, at the end of a 7000km bicycle trip around the US west. His consulting work includes embedded system development as well as Squeak development.

About six months ago, Alan Kay invited him to join his team at Viewpoints Research, and Ned is now working with a number of projects including end-user computing, eToys, simulation, and other user interfaces.

See you in Seattle!