Motif Programming: Essentials and More - Softcover

Marshall, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134893786 ISBN 13: 9780134893785

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1992

Synopsis

If you need a quick, thorough, and painless introduction to Motif programming, read on. Brain covers all basic features of graphical user interfaces as implemented under Motif. He begins with an introduction to event-driven programming and proceeds to the three concepts essential to Motif programming: resources, callbacks, and containers. More advanced topics and sample applications are then discussed, such as common graphical interface devices (menus and dialog boxes) and using the text widget to create a simple editor application. Readers are then exposed to the X drawing model and the process of application design in Motif. The book is intended for programmers who have a good working knowledge of C but no previous experience with X or other window-based programming environments.

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From the Publisher

Here is a straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to Motif application development, covering both basic and advanced features of graphical user interfaces as implemented under Motif. Even though you may have little or no experience with X or other window programming environments, this useful guide will ease you into Motif programming smoothly and quickly. Using simple examples and explanations, it shows you how to design and build graphical applications with Motif in a reasonable amount of time. By the end of the book, you'll be familiar with all of the Motif widgets as well as the process of application design in Motif, the basic capabilities of the X and Xt layers, and the X drawing model.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134893786
• ISBN 13: 9780134893785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 994