X-Toolkit Cookbook, The

X-Toolkit Cookbook, The, 1/e

Paul E. Kimball, Digital Equipment Corporation

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

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User Interface Design-Computer Science

Summary

A tutorial on the X-toolkit intrinsics routines for UNIX^®® programmers and less-experienced PC users.

Features

considers the fundamentals of writing and using Xtoolkit-based applications.
covers concepts in the order in which they would be used in an application.
compares and contrasts the various industry toolkits available.
provides examples and illustrations featuring the OSF/Motif toolkit, but which are generalized to apply to other toolkits as well.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
1. The “X” Window System and How It Works.
2. The Xtoolkit Intrinsics.
3. Let's Get Started — Building a Simple Application.
4. Customizing Applications as a User.
5. Changing and Querying Widget State Inside a Program.
6. How to Manage Widgets on the Screen.
7. Shells and Popups.
8. Handling Flow of Control in an Application.
9. Advanced Flow of Control - Translation Management.
10. Writing Graphics Applications with Xtoolkits and Xlib.
11. The MIT Athena Widgets.
12. OSF/Motif.
13. Digital's DECwindows.
14. AT&T's OPEN LOOK.
15. Using Widgets from Different Toolkits Together.
16. Building Your Own Special-Purpose Widgets.
17. The Future of Xtoolkit Systems.
Appendices.
Index.