Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More (HP Technologies) [Paperback]

Marshall Brain (Author)

Book Description

Series: HP Technologies | Publication Date: March 6, 1992

A quick and thorough introduction to Motif programming.


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.

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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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 601 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press (March 6, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555580890
• ISBN-13: 978-1555580896
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,686,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Programmer's Introduction to Motif, September 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

I just picked up this book because I needed a crash course in X-windows and Motif. This book provides an excellent introduction with a very literate style. You can easily download all of the examples from an FTP site. The examples compile easily and work as advertised. The style the book is written in is much better than most technical books. The style is very lucid, easy to understand, and gets you to the critical subject matter very quickly. If you need to get up to speed on Motif and X-windows quickly, the book will do the job in a minimal amount of time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Motif programming primer, February 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

For those involved starting in GUI development in Motif, this text explains everything you need to know about the widgets, design, functions, custom GUIs and more. This is not for beginner programmers but for people who know how to program in C++. As a primer, you might want to watch "Takin It All Off" which is in VHS video available through amazon.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, October 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

I wish I nere had to use Motif, but thsi is a good intro for those that do. Well written.