COMMAND PROCESSING SYSTEM USED UNDER GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE UTILIZING POINTING DEVICE FOR SELETION AND DISPLAY OF COMMAND WITH EXECUTION OF CORRESPONDING PROCESS

A command processing system operational under graphical user interface circumstances in a computer system having a display unit and a pointing device. An object display control portion causes the display unit to display items identifying objects which can be processed, and a selecting portion selects an item representing an object, among the items displayed on said display unit, by manipulating the pointing device. A command display control portion causes the display unit to display a single command, selected from among commands applicable to the object, represented by the item selected by the selecting portion. When an operation for selecting the command displayed by the display unit is carried out, by manipulating the pointing device, a process represented by the displayed command is executed by the computer system.