Programming with Motif (Paperback)

by Keith D. Gregory (Author) "This phrase is one of the design goals of the X window system..." (more)
Key Phrases: struct int type, unsigned long serial, command widget, Motif Listing, Name Inheritance Type Default Value, Motif Figure (more...)

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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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 664 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 8, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387978771
• ISBN-13: 978-0387978772
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,163,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Probaly the Best Book on Motif, February 17, 2007

By	Joaquin Menchaca (San José, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.