X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual

Nye, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0937175625 / ISBN 13: 9780937175620

Published by O'Reilly Media, 1990

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Seller Inventory # BSM.E64A

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good