X Toolkit Intrin Prog Man Vol4: 004 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System, Vol 4) - Tapa blanda

Nye, Adrian

 
9781565920132: X Toolkit Intrin Prog Man Vol4: 004 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System, Vol 4)

Sinopsis

Volume 4 is a complete guide to programming with the X Toolkit Intrinsics, the library of C language routines that facilitates the design of user interfaces with reusable components called widgets. It provides concepts and examples that show how to use the various X Toolkit routines. The first few chapters are devoted to using widgets; the remainder of the book covers the more complex task of writing new widgets.Uses the Motif 1.2 widget set in examples and covers X11 Release 5.Volume 4 includes:

  • Introduction to the X Window System.
  • Building applications with widgets.
  • Constructing a bitmap editor with widgets.
  • An overview of each widget in the widget set.
  • Basic widget methods./li>
  • Events, translations, and accelerators.
  • Event handlers, timeouts, and work procedures.
  • Resource management and type conversion.
  • Selections and window manager interaction.
  • Geometry management.
  • Menus, gadgets, and cascaded pop-ups.
  • Miscellaneous techniques.
  • Comparison of Athena, OSF/Motif, and AT&T OPEN LOOK widgets.
This book is designed to be used with Volume 5, X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, which provides reference pages for each of the Xt functions, the widget classes defined by Xt, and the Athena widget set.

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Adrian Nye is the author or editor of several volumes in the X Window System Series from O'Reilly & Associates. He specializes in X programming, and is O'Reilly's representative to the X Consortium. Adrian is also editor of The X Resource, a quarterly practical journal for X programmers. Adrian has worked as a programmer writing educational software in C, and as a mechanical engineer designing offshore oil spill cleanup equipment. He has long-term interests in the environment and the impact of people and technology. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Tim O'Reilly is founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates, publisher of the X Window System series and the popular Nutshell Handbooks(R) on UNIX. Tim has had a hand in writing or editing many of the books published by O'Reilly & Associates. He is also the author of a book about science- fiction writer Frank Herbert. Tim's long-term vision for the company is to create a vehicle where creative people can support themselves by exploring interesting ideas. Technical book publishing is just the first step. Tim graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1975 with a B.A. in Classics.

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