[comp.windows.x] Excercises in X

dwhitney@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (David Whitney- RCD) (01/03/90)

I know there are a lot of X books coming out now, and I've read tons of
articles and references on X, Xlib, Xt, etc...., but frankly reading s*cks. :-)

Does anyone know of a good series of X programming exercises?  I find 
programming to be the easiest way for me to learn, but I dont want to waste
a lot of time programming useless (and uneducational) things.  Something
along the lines of "The C Puzzle book" but for X?  Thanks bunches.

-Dave
(please e-mail responses)

kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (01/05/90)

> Does anyone know of a good series of X programming exercises?  I find 
> programming to be the easiest way for me to learn, but I dont want to waste
> a lot of time programming useless (and uneducational) things.  Something
> along the lines of "The C Puzzle book" but for X?  Thanks bunches.

If you want to use the X Toolkit then there are a whole set of example programs
avaliable in the Core X11R4 distribution in "examples/Xaw".  These example
programs - about 12 in all - are intended to introduce the novice X programmer
to X Toolkit programming with the Athena widgets.  The examples cover everything
from creating widgets and specifing resources to creating custom resources and
application actions.

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

Net:	 kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu
Phone:   (617) 253 - 9608	
Address: MIT - Room NE43-213


DISCLAIMER:  I wrote 'em so I make no claims to be impartial :-)