X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

Nye, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0937175625 / ISBN 13: 9780937175620

Published by O'Reilly Media, 1990

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Title: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual (...

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis:

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.

From the Publisher:

A complete guide to programming with Xt Intrinsics, the library of C language routines that facilitates the design of user interfaces with reusable components called widgets. Uses the Motif 1.2 widget set in examples and covers X11 Release 5.