The book attempts to provide a programmer with an easy introduction to the OSF/Motif graphical user interface (GUI). It is organized as a series of tutorials, each of which builds upon the previous. It starts at the level of "What is a Widget?", and builds to the level of "User-defined resource types". Along the way, most of the major elements of Motif are presented, with sample programs that illustrate their use. The target reader is an experienced C programmer and user of the X Window System, under the UNIX operating system. The reader should be familiar with the tools provided by UNIX for the compilation and testing programs; while this book does examine the process by which a Motif program is compiled, it does not explain that process. It also assumes that the reader is familiar with "X" terms such as "pointer" and "display". The author has written his book so that the reader can use either Motif version 1.0 or 1.1.
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This book is both a reference and a good instructional overview on how to program Motif. Essentially, Motif is a collection of widgets that one can program. The book references these widgets, shows screen shots, shows where in the tree the widget is derived from, details little code snippets, and has comprehensive explanations on how to use it, return values, etc.Now, these modern times, one would probaly want to program with Qt (KDE) or GTK, but there's tons of historical code out there that's still being used these days, that will undoubtedly require some Motif knowledge, and I would say this book is a great resource for that.
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struct int type, unsigned long serial, command widget, reconfigured window, bottom shadow color, nonmaskable events, cascade button, unsigned int state, scrolled window, filer module, subwi ndow, activation callback, label gadget, program class name, hardware colormap, dialog shell, text widget, interclient communication, resource converter, specified widget, clipboard interface, menu pane, callback reason, verification callback, compound string Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Motif Listing, Name Inheritance Type Default Value, Motif Figure, Hello World, Programmer's Reference, Core Dimension, Black White, Motif Table, Resource Table Table, Definitions Widget, Can't Find, Find Btnl, Motit Table, Search Complete, Toolkit Warning New!
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Motif Listing, Name Inheritance Type Default Value, Motif Figure, Hello World, Programmer's Reference, Core Dimension, Black White, Motif Table, Resource Table Table, Definitions Widget, Can't Find, Find Btnl, Motit Table, Search Complete, Toolkit Warning New!
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