Top Document: SGI graphics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -76- MISCELLANEOUS Next Document: -78- Does the IRIX 5.2 Magic user environment display on an X terminal? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Date: 07 May 1993 00:00:01 EST Introductory Texts on the X Window System - O'Reilly and Associates Inc., "The Definitive Guides to the X Window System", by Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly. Vol. 3, "X Window System User's Guide", Sebastopol, CA., 1988, 1989. Discusses being an end user of the X window system. Covers topics like window manages, font specifications, standard X clients and resources. Texts on X Window System Programming - O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. "The Definitive Guides to the X Window System", by Adrian Nye. Vol. 1, "Xlib Programming Manual", Sebastopol, CA, 1990. Contains the introductory elements for programming with the Xlib, the lowest level of the X window system. Discusses concepts such as X color capacities, windows, events, drawing primitives. - Young, Douglas A., "X Window Systems Programming and Applications with Xt" (OSF/Motif Edition). Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1990. A thorough book starting with the basics of programming with a toolkit though advanced topics. Contains source code for several small complete applications. (Source code for this book is also available on line in the /usr/src directory of the Motif Development option.) - O'Reilly and Associates Inc., "The Definitive Guides to the X Window System", by Adrian Nye and Tim O'Reilly. Vol. 4, "X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual", Sebastopol, CA., 1990. Another reference for programming with the OSF/Motif toolkit. Covers topics including basic programming, widgets, resources, and more advanced topics. Reference Texts for the X Window System : - O'Reilly and Associates Inc., "The Definitive Guides to the X Window System", by Adrian Nye. Vol. 2, "Xlib Reference Manual", Sebastopol, CA., 1988. Complete reference for Xlib library routines. - Scheifler, Robert and James Gettys, X Window System, Second Edition, Digital Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55558-050-5. Referred to as "the Bible" of Xlib and X Protocol reference. Reference Texts for the OSF/Motif Toolkit : - Open Software Foundation, "OSF/Motif Programmer's Guide". Release 1.1, Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1990. Exhaustive reference of every widget in the OSF/Motif library. - Asente, Paul J. and Ralph R. Swick. "X Window System Toolkit". X Version 11, Release 4. Digital Press. 1990. Very in-depth reference to the structure and operation of an X window system toolkit. User Contributions:Top Document: SGI graphics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -76- MISCELLANEOUS Next Document: -78- Does the IRIX 5.2 Magic user environment display on an X terminal? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu (The SGI FAQ group)
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