Motif Programming in the X Window Environment

Name: Motif Programming in the X Window Environment
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This step-by-step self-study guide combines the popular technologies of the X Window System and the OSF Motif toolkit to help you write powerful graphical user interface (GUI) programs for the UNIX operating system.

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List price: $45.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Preface
What Is a Window System?	p. 1
Data-Processing: Batch vs. Command-Line vs. Graphic-User Interfaces	p. 2
Window System Concepts	p. 3
Types of Input to a Window System	p. 4
Advantages of a Graphic-User interface	p. 6
Disadvantages of a Graphic-User Interface	p. 7
Application Programming for a Window System	p. 8
A Brief History of Window Systems	p. 10
What Is the X Window System?	p. 13
The X Window System	p. 14
X Windowing Concepts	p. 17
X Window Pointer Concepts	p. 19
X and Xt Data Types	p. 19
Starting X	p. 20
Window Manager Concepts	p. 21
What Is the Motif Toolkit?	p. 25
The Open Software Foundation	p. 26
OSF/Motif	p. 26
Motif Toolkit Library	p. 27
Motif Data Types	p. 27
Motif Window Manager	p. 28
The Relationship between X and Motif	p. 30
A Typical X/Motif Terminal Session	p. 30
Output from and Input to a Motif Application	p. 30
Graphic-User Interface Objects - Widgets	p. 33
X and Object-Oriented Programming	p. 34
Widget Concepts	p. 35
Motif Widgets	p. 38
Xt Widgets	p. 37
The X/Motif Widget Class Tree	p. 38
X Application Programming Concepts	p. 41
Documentation	p. 42
Function Naming Conventions	p. 43
Header Files	p. 43
Initializing and Creating a Shell Widget	p. 44
Error Handling	p. 46
Creating a Motif PushButton Widget	p. 47
Managing Nonshell Widgets	p. 49
Making the Shell Widget Visible	p. 50
Entering an Event Loop	p. 51
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 53
Compiling and Executing X Programs	p. 54
Event-Driven Programming	p. 57
Handling Input through the Widgets	p. 58
Callback Function Concepts	p. 58
Registering a Callback Function	p. 59
Coding a Callback Function	p. 60
Removing a Callback	p. 61
Terminating an X Program and Closing the Display	p. 63
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 63
Multiple-Widget Programs	p. 67
Composite/Manager Widget Concepts	p. 68
Creating a Motif RowColumn Manager	p. 69
Don't Forget to Manage the Manager	p. 69
Widget Instance/Management Tree	p. 71
Parameters for Motif Widget Creation Functions	p. 72
Outline of a Basic X/Motif Program	p. 73
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 74
Passing Data to a Callback Function	p. 79
Function Parameters	p. 80
Clientdata	p. 80
Calldata	p. 81
Calldata for a PushButton	p. 82
Calldata for a RowColumn	p. 83
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 84
Resources	p. 89
X and Object-Oriented Programming	p. 90
Resource Concepts	p. 92
Classes, Instances, and Inheritance	p. 93
Core Widget and Resources	p. 94
XmPrimitive Widget and Resources	p. 95
Composite Widget and Resources	p. 95
XmManager Widget and Resources	p. 96
Important Resource Concepts	p. 96
Resources for PushButtons	p. 97
Resources for RowColumns	p. 97
Setting Resources at Widget Creation	p. 97
Setting and Getting Resources After Widget Creation	p. 100
Resource Convenience Functions	p. 103
Motif Compound Strings	p. 104
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 107
Resource Files	p. 113
Resource File Concepts	p. 114
Syntax for Resource Files	p. 114
Sources for Resources	p. 117
Advantages and Disadvantages of Resource Files	p. 118
xrdb Program	p. 119
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 120
Motif Primitive Widgets	p. 125
Primitive Widget Concepts	p. 126
Motif ArrowButton	p. 126
Motif CascadeButton	p. 127
Motif DrawnButton	p. 129
Motif Label	p. 130
Motif List	p. 132
Motif ScrollBar	p. 134
Motif Separator	p. 139
Motif ToggleButton	p. 140
Motif Gadgets	p. 142
Motif PushButtonGadget	p. 142
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 145
Motif Manager Widgets	p. 151
Manager Widget Concepts	p. 152
Motif BulletinBoard	p. 152
Motif Drawing Area	p. 154
Motif Frame	p. 156
Motif PanedWindow	p. 157
Motif Scale	p. 158
Motif ScrolledWindow	p. 161
ScrolledWindow Extensions	p. 163
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 164
Motif Text Widget	p. 169
Motif Text	p. 169
Common Text Widget Editing Behaviors	p. 172
Differences Between Single- and Multi-Line Text Widgets	p. 173
Motif Text Convenience Functions	p. 174
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 174
Common Motif Manager Widgets	p. 179
Motif Form	p. 179
Theory of Form Children Attachments	p. 181
Form Attachments	p. 182
Widget Attachments	p. 183
Position Attachments	p. 184
Rubber Positioning and XmATTACHNONE	p. 185
Common Form Children Layouts	p. 186
Motif MainWindow	p. 187
Defined Widget Resource Values	p. 190
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 191
Graphic-User Interface Design Guidelines	p. 197
Motif Style Guide	p. 198
Giving Power to the User	p. 199
Client Areas	p. 201
Grouping Related Controls	p. 204
Designing a Client Area	p. 206
Motif's Mainwindow Widget	p. 208
X Events	p. 211
Event Concepts	p. 212
Differences between Callbacks and Event Handlers	p. 213
Event Types	p. 214
Registering an Event Handler	p. 216
Coding an Event Handler	p. 217
Removing an Event Handler	p. 219
X Event Data Structures	p. 220
Accessing Members of X Event Data Structures	p. 222
Other Common Event Structure Definitions	p. 222
Determining the Actual Mouse Pointer Location	p. 226
Translating Keypress Events into Characters	p. 227
Timeouts	p. 230
Work Procedures	p. 231
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 233
Motif Menus	p. 239
Menu Concepts	p. 240
Menu Instance Trees	p. 242
Motif PopupMenus	p. 245
Motif PulldownMenus	p. 248
Motif OptionMenus	p. 249
Making Menu Options Unavailable	p. 251
Motif MenuShells	p. 253
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 254
Motif Dialog Boxes	p. 261
Dialog Box Concepts	p. 262
Motif MessageBox	p. 263
Motif SelectionBox	p. 265
Creating and Managing Dialog Boxes	p. 267
MessageBox Dialogs	p. 270
SelectionBox Dialogs	p. 271
Create Your Own Dialog	p. 272
Motif Dialog Box Convenience Functions	p. 274
Motif Dialog Shells	p. 276
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 276
Color	p. 281
X Color Concepts	p. 282
X Terminals and Visual Classes	p. 286
The X Window System and Colormaps	p. 287
Using Colors in Your Application	p. 289
Installing Colors in a Colormap	p. 291
Using Custom Colormaps	p. 295
ColormapNotify Events	p. 298
Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 299
X Fonts, Motif Fontlists, and the X Cursor Font	p. 305
X Font Concepts	p. 306
Motif Font Concepts	p. 310
Loading a Font	p. 312
Getting Font Information	p. 312
Creating a Motif Fontlist	p. 315
Compound Strings and Fontlists	p. 318
X Cursor Font	p. 322
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 326
A Motif Case Study Example Program	p. 331
Graphics Context	p. 361
Graphics Concepts	p. 362
Creating a Graphics Context	p. 364
Meaning of Various GC Members	p. 365
Changing the Graphics Context Programmatically	p. 370
Drawing a Line	p. 371
Drawing Text	p. 374
Drawings and Expose Events	p. 374
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 376
Drawing Graphics Objects (Optional)	p. 381
Graphics Review	p. 382
Drawing Points	p. 383
Drawing Lines and Segments	p. 383
Drawing Rectangles	p. 384
Drawing Arcs	p. 386
Drawing Filled Rectangles and Arcs	p. 387
Drawing Filled Polygons	p. 389
Clearing and Copying Areas	p. 390
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 391
Pixmaps and Bitmaps (Optional)	p. 397
Pixmap Concepts	p. 398
Creating a Pixmap	p. 399
Clearing and Copying Pixmaps	p. 400
Bitmap Concepts	p. 401
Creating a Pixmap from a Bitmap	p. 402
Cursor Pixmaps	p. 404
A Complete X/Motif Client Application	p. 404
Motif Window Manager (Optional)	p. 409
Purpose of a Window Manager	p. 410
Motif's Input Selection Model	p. 413
Motif Window Manager Resources	p. 417
Motif Keyboard Bindings	p. 419
Motif Mouse Button Bindings	p. 421
Motif Window Manager Menus	p. 423
X11R4, X11R5, Motif 1.1, and Motif 1.2 (Optional)	p. 427
X11 Release 4	p. 428
X11 Release 5	p. 430
OSF/Motif 1.1	p. 432
Motif 1.1 Changes to Metaclass Widgets	p. 433
Motif 1.1 Changes to Primitive Widgets and Gadgets	p. 434
Motif 1.1 Changes to Manager Widgets	p. 438
Motif 1.1 Changes to Dialog Widgets	p. 439
Motif 1.1 Changes to Menu Widgets	p. 440
Motif 1.1 Changes to Support ANSI C	p. 441
OSF/Motif 1.2	p. 441
Index	p. 445
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