Next: Menubar
Up: The ConceptBase Usage Environment
Previous: The ConceptBase Usage Environment
The ConceptBaseWorkbench window is always present on the screen during a session. (see Figure 4.1)
Figure 4.1: The ConceptBaseWorkbench main window.
The numbers in Figure 4.1 refer to the following areas in the ConceptBaseWorkbench
main window:
- 1. Menubar.
- The Menubar provides a set of functions, explained in Section 4.1.1.
- 2. Smart Icon Panel.
- The Smart Icons provide Editor-related functions like Cut, Copy, Paste, Tell, Untell, Ask, etc. See Section 4.1.2.
- 3. Editor Field.
- The Editor field allows easy editing of Telos syntax, described in Section 4.1.3.
- 3a. Editor Slider.
- Scrolls the edited text.
- 4. Protocol Field.
- Shows the interaction protocol between the ConceptBaseWorkbench and ConceptBase Server. Please refer to Section 4.1.4 .
- 4a. Protocol Slider.
- Scrolls the protocol text.
- 4b. Protocol bar.
- Resizes the Protocol Field. Just click and drag bar to change size.
- 5. Statusline.
- Provides status information such as connected state, success of the last transaction, etc. See Section 4.1.5.
The following subsections explain the forementioned functional areas of the ConceptBaseWorkbench.
ConceptBase Team