Motif Reference Manual, VOL.6B: For Motif 2.1 (Paperback)

~ Antony Fountain (Author), Paula Ferguson (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Volume 6B, Motif Reference Manual, is a complete programmer's reference for the Motif toolkit. The Motif toolkit provides a complete set of widgets, such as buttons, scroll bars, menus, and dialog boxes, for developing graphical user interfaces. It also includes a library of functions for creating and manipulating those widgets. The second edition of the Motif Reference Manual covers Motif 2.1, the latest release of Motif. This book includes reference pages for the widget classes defined by the Motif toolkit and the X Toolkit Intrinsics that describes the widget's functionality, including its new and inherited resources, callback routines, and translations. It also provides documentation on all of the Motif functions and macros that create and manipulate widgets and other Motif data types, such as compound strings and render tables. This book is the only Motif reference a programmer needs.

From the Publisher

The Motif Reference Manual is a complete programmer's reference for the Motif toolkit from the Open Software Foundation (OSF). Motif has become the standard user interface for X Window System applications, and the Motif toolkit makes it easy for programmers to build applications that conform with the Motif "look and feel." Dan Heller's Motif Programming Manual has long been considered the most authoritative and insightful work on Motif. Now, with the addition of this companion reference manual, programmers can dispense completely with the original OSF documentation. In addi- tion to covering the entire Motif toolkit, this book also covers OSF's "User Interface Language" or UIL, and the Motif Resource Manager (MRM) functions used to tie together applications with user interfaces defined in UIL. Contents include: Reference pages for all of the Motif functions and macros. Reference pages for the widget classes defined by the Motif toolkit and the X Toolkit Intrinsics. Reference pages for the Motif Resource Manager (Mrm) functions that are used in conjunction with UIL. Reference pages for the Motif clients: mwm, uil, and xmbind. Reference pages that describe the file format of a User Interface Language module. Reference pages for the data types supported by UIL. Reference pages for the User Interface Language functions. A permuted index and a regular index. A number of appendices and quick reference aids including a list of new functions, widget classes, and widget resources in Motif 1.2. This book is designed to be used with Volume 6A, Motif Programming Manual, which describes how to build applications using the Motif toolkit and provides a complete tutorial with programming examples. Both of the books are an integral part of the X Window System series from O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 1163 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition (February 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565926544
• ISBN-13: 978-1565926547
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 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: #1,454,636 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An concise and complete companion for the Motif programmer, May 31, 2000

By A Customer

Volume Six B is a very complete reference manual for serious Motif programmers. It covers all Widgets in-depth and has a precise guide to the Motif window manager mwm.