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The X Window System: Programming and Applications with XT, OSF/Motif (Out of print)

AUTHOR Young, Douglas A.
PUBLISHER Prentice Hall (03/17/1994)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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This completely updated and revised version of the best-selling First Edition describes how to develop interactive applications for the X Window System using the Motif user interface toolkit.The X Window System is the industry-standard software system that allows programmers to develop portable graphical user interfaces. Motif is a high-level user-interface toolkit that makes it easier to write applications that use the X Window System. Shows how to use the facilities of all three Motif libraries--Xlib, Xt Intrinsics, and visual components. Explains the Resource Manager; primitive Motif widgets; manager widgets; menus; dialogs; events and other input techniques; using color; bitmaps, pixmaps, and images; graphics contexts; text and fonts; Xlib graphics; interclient communication; creating new widget classes; creating manager widget classes; and constraint-based widget classes. For programmers developing interactive applications for the X Window System using the Motif user-interface toolkit.

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ISBN-13: 9780131238039
ISBN-10: 0131238035
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0002
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Page Count: 656
Carton Quantity: 7
Product Dimensions: 7.02 x 1.01 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 1.98 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Programming - General
Computers | Operating Systems - General
Dewey Decimal: 005.2
Library of Congress Control Number: 94002357
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This completely updated and revised version of the bestselling original describes how to develop interactive applications for the X Window System using the Motif user interface toolkit. It shows how to use the facilities of all three Motif libraries--Xlib, Xt Intrinsics, and visual components.
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Revised and updated to cover the latest release of OSF Motif, this bestselling tutorial guide to the X Window System describes how to develop interactive applications using Motif, Xlib, and Xt. More detailed explanations and examples make the second edition more accessible for novices while providing more detailed coverage of Motif for experienced programmers. Designed to provide a realistic look at how Motif applications are written, this expanded edition starts with a complete architectural overview and introduces key concepts with clear examples and working programs. Key features: covers new topics including drag and drop, tearoff menus, window manager interaction, writing Motif widgets, and XPM pixmaps; greatly expanded coverage of Motif (3 new chapters); demonstrates callbacks, event handlers, the translation manager, the resource manager, and other important Xt and Motif features; and all examples are written in ANSI C and updated to X11R5 and Motif 1.2.
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This completely updated and revised version of the best-selling First Edition describes how to develop interactive applications for the X Window System using the Motif user interface toolkit.The X Window System is the industry-standard software system that allows programmers to develop portable graphical user interfaces. Motif is a high-level user-interface toolkit that makes it easier to write applications that use the X Window System. Shows how to use the facilities of all three Motif libraries--Xlib, Xt Intrinsics, and visual components. Explains the Resource Manager; primitive Motif widgets; manager widgets; menus; dialogs; events and other input techniques; using color; bitmaps, pixmaps, and images; graphics contexts; text and fonts; Xlib graphics; interclient communication; creating new widget classes; creating manager widget classes; and constraint-based widget classes. For programmers developing interactive applications for the X Window System using the Motif user-interface toolkit.

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