donh@pedsga.UUCP (01/26/89)
I have just begun working on a project involving PHIGS. What I have found is that aside from the PHIGS documents available from the Standards Committee there seems to be little information on programming using PHIGS. I am interested in finding out two things. One, are there test programs available that you can run to validate that your PHIGS library routines are doing what PHIGS is supposed to do and two, does anyone know of any books or documentation that might help me program using PHIGS. Also are there any PHIGS special interest groups in operation anywhere? Thanks, Donald F. Hopkins Concurrent Computer Corporation 106 Apple Street Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724 201-758-7495 ...!rutgers!petsd!pedsga!donh
andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel) (01/31/89)
In article <783@pedsga.UUCP> donh@pedsga.UUCP writes: >What I have found is that aside from the PHIGS documents available >from the Standards Committee there seems to be little information >on programming using PHIGS. I am interested in finding out two >things. One, are there test programs available that you can run >to validate that your PHIGS library routines are doing what PHIGS >is supposed to do and two, does anyone know of any books or >documentation that might help me program using PHIGS. I found helpful a little book called "understanding PHIGS", put out by Template (the software side of Megatek). You might give them a ring at (619) 455-5590 to see about getting a copy. Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." ______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP : {hplabs|nosc|hpfcla|ucsd}!hp-sdd!andrea Internet : andrea%hp-sdd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com (or @nosc.mil, @ucsd.edu) CSNET : andrea%hp-sdd@hplabs.csnet USnail : 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego CA 92127-1899 USA
Sandeep Mehta@bebop (Sandeep Mehta) (02/01/89)
In article <1726@hp-sdd.hp.com>, andrea@hp-sdd (Andrea K. Frankel) writes: >I found helpful a little book called "understanding PHIGS", put out by >Template (the software side of Megatek). You might give them a ring >at (619) 455-5590 to see about getting a copy. > > >Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 The SunPHIGS 1.0 release comes with some decent documentation. In addition to the Reference manual there is a user's guide to SunPHIGS which explains how SunPHIGS interprets features of the PHIGS standard and goes onto give examples using both the C and FORTRAN bindings. The thing I liked about that was the consideration given to both the standard and the implementation. The doc. set is available independently but costs $150 (Sun really knows where to make money :-)) sandeep -- Sandeep Mehta ...to be or not to bop ! uunet!philabs!bebop!sxm sxm@philabs.philips.com
lrm5110@tahoma.UUCP (Larry R. Masden) (02/02/89)
I also am interested in info on figs, any book or article references would be appreciated. Also, is there any public domain programs using phigs? -- Larry Masden Voice: (206) 237-2564 Boeing Commercial Airplanes UUCP: ..!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!lrm5110 P.O. Box 3707, M/S 66-22 Seattle, WA 98124-2207
tbg@apollo.COM (Tom Gross) (02/02/89)
>What I have found is that aside from the PHIGS documents available >from the Standards Committee there seems to be little information >on programming using PHIGS. I am interested in finding out two >things. One, are there test programs available that you can run >to validate that your PHIGS library routines are doing what PHIGS >is supposed to do and two, does anyone know of any books or >documentation that might help me program using PHIGS. You could order documentation for Apollo's Domain/PHIGS. There are two manuals available: Programming with Domain/PHIGS 275 pages part number 009701-A00 Domain/PHIGS Call Reference over 600 pages part number 009702-A00 Both books cost $35 each and can be ordered by calling 1-800-225-5290. I think the first book especially makes a fairly good general introduction to PHIGS. It contains some simple coding examples. I recommend ordering the second book too if you are going to use Domain/PHIGS (only on an Apollo workstation) or you are a competitive vendor interested in the details of our PHIGS product :). [ I hope this message isn't too commercial. I would be interested in any leads to ordering documentation for other implementations of PHIGS. ] /tom