saroff@mimir.think.com (steven saroff) (12/21/89)
Does anyone have a good suggestion about a source (at the startup level) for learning X windows and related evil? Thanks in advance. Can anyone give me a suggestion as to a good book (on the K&R C level) for learning LISP's Thanks SzS
harden@ICS.COM (Aub Harden) (12/22/89)
> Does anyone have a good suggestion about a source (at the startup level) > for learning X windows and related evil? > > Thanks in advance. Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. offers lab courses for X and Motif. The courses concentrate on toolkit and widget use, but Xlib is also covered, particularly how best to mix Xt and Xlib calls. Courses in widget writing are also offered. Approximately half the time is spent in Lab. Our next session is scheduled for January 8-12 in Palo Alto. We also provide books, X, Motif (for Sun, DEC, Sony, Apple), development support (telephone & e-mail), and consulting. For more information on training and other services, send mail to 'info@ics.com' or to 'uunet!ics.com!info', or call. Below is info on some of the books we provide. -Aub Harden *********************************************************************** * * * Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. | Everything you wanted to * * 163 Harvard Street | know about X but were * * Cambridge, MA 02139 | afraid to ask... * * * * voice: 617/547-0510 fax: 617/547-0758 e-mail: info@ics.com * * * * The X Window System Specialists * *********************************************************************** Books and Reference Materials The X Window System Programming Manual $65.00 by Adrian Nye -O'Reilly and Associates A two-volume Xlib Manual describing the C Language Programming Interface to X11. Volume one describes various Xlib functions, including programming examples and tutorial materials as well as a numerous quick reference aids and appendicies. Volume two is a referance manual for each of the Xlib functions, with both permuted and alphabetical indexes. Source Site Licenses are available. Using the X Window System $30.00 by Tim O'Reilly, Valerie Quercia, Linda Lamb This book describes X for the non-programmer. It describes how to customize your X environment, set various defaults using the resource manager and how to use standard clients such as xterm and xmh. A glossary, reference manual pages, and several useful appendices are also included. Introduction to the X Window System $30.00 by Oliver Jones -Prentice-Hall This book explains how to use the X11 base window system through Xlib, the C Language Bindings to the X Protocol. After reading this book, you should be able to design, write and debug C programs which use Xlib. You will also have an understanding of the motivations behind the design of X; why it's components work the way they do. This book augments, but does not replace, the reference documents provided with the standard X Window System release. The X Window System $60.00 by Robert Schiefler, Jim Gettys, Ron Newman -Digital Press This is the complete C Library and Protocol available with illustrations and general index, including the definitive specifications of the X network protocol. This book is intended for C programmers using X, for students looking for graphics, windowing systems, and user interface information; also for PC users who want to learn about X programming. Appendicies describe the extension mechanism of X11, and the version 10 compatibility functions. The X Window Systems: Programming and Applications with Xt $30.00 by Douglas A. Young -Prentice-Hall This is the first book published which describes how to program using the X Toolkit (Xt). This book tries to demonstrate typical ways to combine the pieces provided by the various X layers to form working applications. This book is useful to professional programmers who are beginning to develop programs using the X Window System as well as students who want to add professional quality interfaces to their projects. Numerous examples are given and used, with a library of useful functions being built throughout the course of the book. -----end------
erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) (12/23/89)
RE: > > Does anyone have a good suggestion about a source (at the startup level) > > for learning X windows and related evil? In article <1989Dec21.182944.16070@ICS.COM>, harden@ICS.COM (Aub Harden) writes: ...[I abbreviated his list of books on X]... > The X Window System Programming Manual $65.00 > by Adrian Nye -O'Reilly and Associates > > Using the X Window System $30.00 > by Tim O'Reilly, Valerie Quercia, Linda Lamb > > Introduction to the X Window System $30.00 > by Oliver Jones -Prentice-Hall > > The X Window System $60.00 > by Robert Schiefler, Jim Gettys, Ron Newman -Digital Press > > The X Window Systems: Programming and Applications with Xt $30.00 > by Douglas A. Young -Prentice-Hall Also add to the list of books on X: X Window Applications Programming $29.95 by Eric F. Johnson and Kevin Reichard MIS: Press, 1989 (in the USA, call 1-800-MANUALS) ISBN 1-55828-016-2 (Covers Xlib programming in C from the point of view of a programmer new to X.) -Eric -- Eric F. Johnson, Boulware Technologies, Inc. 415 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville, MN 55337 USA. Phone: +1 612-894-0313. erc@pai.mn.org - or - bungia!pai!erc (We have a very dumb mailer, so please send a bang-!-style return address.)
dinah@NICOLLE.BCM.TMC.EDU (Dinah Anderson) (01/03/90)
>Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. offers lab courses for X and Motif. >The courses concentrate on toolkit and widget use, but Xlib is also covered, >particularly how best to mix Xt and Xlib calls. Courses in widget writing >are also offered. Approximately half the time is spent in Lab. Our next >session is scheduled for January 8-12 in Palo Alto. Just a note. As a former customer of ICS (former in the sense that I have changed jobs and do not currently need ICS' services.), i thought they did good work. Their technical folks know what they are talking about and are active in comp.windows.x, so you can see for yourself! Dinah Anderson Manager of Systems Integration Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas internet: dinah@bcm.tmc.edu uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!dinah