Palette: an extensible visual editor

A visual programming language is a language for programming with visual expressions. A visual program editor is a graphics editor which has been specialized to support the creation of visual programs. Palette is a tool for constructing custom visual program editors from visual specifications. Palette implements a generic base editor for visual programs. This editor can be extended by visually specifying the graphical primitives of the language, the interactions to create and manipulate programs, and the layout of the editor. Palette utilizes a message bssed architecture for easy integration into an overall visual programming environment. This paper describes the architecture and overall design of Palette.

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