Software Portability with imake (Practical Software Engineering) (Paperback)

by Paul Dubois (Author)

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Product Description
This handbook is ideal for X and UNIX programmers who want their software to be portable. imake, a utility that works with make to enable code to be compiled and installed on different UNIX machines, makes wide portability of the X Window System code possible. Although considered an X tool, imake is useful for any software project that needs to be ported to many UNIX systems -- and runs under Windows NT as well. This second edition covers version X11R6.1 of the X Window System, using imake for non-UNIX systems such as Windows NT, and some of the quirks about using imake under OpenWindows/Solaris. The book opens with a general explanation of imake, X configuration files, and how to write and debug an Imakefile. It then discusses how to write configuration files and presents a configuration file architecture that allows development of coexisting sets of configuration files. Also describes sample sets of configuration files that are available free over the Net.

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Imake is a utility that works with make to enable code to be compiled and installed on different UNIX machines. Imake makes possible the wide portability of the X Window System code and is widely considered an X tool, but it's also useful for any software project that needs to be ported to many UNIX systems. Imake also runs under Windows NT. This Nutshell Handbook(R) -- the only book available on imake -- is ideal for X and UNIX programmers who want their software to be portable. The book is divided into two sections. The first section is a general explanation of imake, X configuration files, and how to write and debug an Imakefile. The second section describes how to write configuration files and presents a configuration file architecture that allows development of coexisting sets of configuration files. Several sample sets of configuration files are described and are available free over the Net. New in the second edition: Updated to cover the current version of the X Window System (X11R6.1) Discusses using imake for non-UNIX systems such as Windows NT Covers some of the quirks about using imake under OpenWindows/Solaris

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565922263
• ISBN-13: 978-1565922266
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,447,859 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on this not-so-often-talked-about topic, February 1, 1999

By	MG "MG" (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews

I am from a company where we use Imake regularly for our sofware builds. Yet, very few people knew about this topic and those who knew were too busy to share it. I found this book extremely useful in understanding the details of Imake. I created my own macros and rules using it and successfully deployed them. Great book!