X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Man R5

The Definitive Guides to the X Window System #5

by David Flanagan

The X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual is a complete programmer's reference for the X Toolkit. It provides reference pages for each of the Xt functions as well as the widget classes defined by Xt and the Athena widgets.

This volume is based on Xt documentation from the X Consortium and has been re-edited, reorganized, and expanded. Contents include:


Reference pages for each of the Xt Intrinsics and macros, organized alphabetically for ease of use. Reference pages for the interface definitions of functions registered using other Xt functions. Reference pages for the Core, Composite, and Constraint widget methods. Reference pages for the Object, RectObj, Core, Composite, Constraint, and Shell widget classes defined by Xt. Reference pages for Athena widget classes. Reference pages for Xt-related Xmu functions. Permuted index. Many appendices and quick reference aids.
The third edition of Volume 5 has been completely revised. In addition to covering Release 4 and Release 5 of X, all the man pages have been completely rewritten for clarity and ease of use, and new examples and descriptions have been added throughout the book.

This manual is a companion to Volume 4M, X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual.

909 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

David Flanagan is a computer programmer who has spent much of the last 20 years writing books about programming languages. He now works at Mozilla. David lives with his wife and children in the Pacific Northwest, between the cities of Seattle and Vancouver.

Reviews

[Christophe Addinquy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Il fut un temps où ce genre de pavé (près de 900 pages !) avait un sens. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire nous avons quitté cette époque. Cet ouvrage ne cache pas son jeu, il s'agit purement et simplement d'un manuel de référence où les fameuses fonctions (qui sont parfois des macros déguisées) sont listées alphabétiquement, bien décrites mais sans imagination et sans conseils éclairés sur leur utilisation, ce qui aurait pu être un plus. Il est vrai que ce livre vient d'une période où ce que l'on appelait "manuel de référence" pouvait se montrer sous un aspect plus rébarbatif encore. Cependant, il y avait moyen de faire mieux, car même avec ce manuel sous la main quand on programme, on ne se sent pas spécialement aidé de bons conseils.