Using Motif with C++

Using Motif with C++, 1/e

Daniel J. Bernstein, SIGS Books

Published March, 1995 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

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Summary

This book is an essential reference for software developers who are creating a library for programming graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in C++. The book concentrates on the Motif GUI Toolkit but also discusses design techniques which are platform-independent. All major Motif widgets are discussed, along with techniques for developing customized interface elements and event-driven programming techniques.

Features

Extensive source code examples are provided to illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in the book.
Discusses techniques for designing, creating and maintaining a Motif-based GUI library in C++.
Discusses techniques for maintaining cross-platform compatibility of C++ libraries
Discusses "recursive modes" which enable construction of more user-friendly applications
Discusses style and consistency in GUI design.

Table of Contents

1. An Overview.
2. Motif. Design Issues.
3. Non-Graphical Data Types.
4. The Graphical Environment.
5. The Graphical Object.
6. Essential Graphical Objects.
7. Advanced Graphical Objects.
8. Putting It All Together.