Doug Engelbart Glossary - End User Programing

Question:	Can you talk about end user programing that's macro based?

Answer:	...It turns out that in our environment all the commands are verbs and nouns and they are explicit, you learn them, so you can say "I already know the lines in a script I can write to say 'Delete Word' and I know how to address things very flexibly so I can write an address in there...

Notes:	None.

Keywords:	Macro, script, end user programing, if-then, loop, vocabulary, field support, database,

Related Links:	None.

Format:	.au 11.127 khz 16 bits mono with µLaw 2;1 compression. Originally recorded on an Apple Macintosh PowerBook using a SONY ECM-T145 condenser microphone and Adobe Premiere audio/video editing software. The original recording was saved as a QuickTime file at 22 mhz, 16 bits with no compression. Due to Doug's characteristically low voice it was then imported into a Premiere project where the volume was raised in the project timeline three times (no filter) and saved as a QuickTime movie. The document was then finally imported into Apple's QuickTime Player and exported as .au at 11.127 khz, 16 bits mono with µLaw 2;1 compression resulting in the version playing here.

Recorded:	Session 2. 7/25/2000. Interviewed at Dr. Engelbarts residence in Atherton, California, late in the evening by Frode Hegland @.