CDE and Motif: A Practical Primer (Bk/CD)

Mione, Antonino

ISBN 10: 0137608284 ISBN 13: 9780137608287

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

This book presents a subset of x programming and the CDE/Motif Widget set. The book presents sufficient information to allow the reader to produce useful MOtif applications. The book assumes the reader has knowledge of and has used Motif in its earlier versions.

About this title

Synopsis:

You don't have to wade through a thousand-page book to start developing Motif applications! This book distills all of Motif's complexity into just the concepts, widgets, toolkit and Xlib routines you need to get results. Start by understanding Motif's fundamental concepts, terminology, and client/server architecture. Quickly learn how to build interface widgets, use Motif's basic button and label widget classes, build Motif menu systems, and work with text widgets, dialogs and shell widgets. Then, discover the key APIs that make up the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), including: Workspace Manager, Actions, Data Types, Session Manager, Desktop Window Manager, and Print Manager. This book presents advanced X toolkit techniques, including work procedures, timeout procedures, event handling, and X graphics. It also introduces the CDE User Interface Language (UIL) -- with expert tips and hints for designing fast, efficient code. You'll find concise Xlib, X toolkit, Motif function and data type references, and much more. All code samples are provided on diskette. This book is based on the widely used X Window System Version 11 Release 6.2 and The Open Group's CDE/Motif Version 2.1

, with coverage that's also applicable to CDE 1.2 and 2.0.

About the Author:

Tony Mione is a software developer for Network Services at Rutgers University. He specializes in C, X/Motif and Web-based software development. He has spoken at DECUS several times and has participated on the X3J11 (ANSI C) Standards Committee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0137608284
• ISBN 13: 9780137608287
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• Number of pages: 500