andy@rapunzel.Berkeley.EDU (Andrew Purshottam) (07/08/89)
Or know where one can snarf/buy it? PS great book, though it does use hp widgets. Post reply if yes, many will want. Andy
dayoung@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Doug A. Young) (07/12/89)
In article <15279@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> andy@rapunzel.Berkeley.EDU (Andrew Purshottam) writes: >Or know where one can snarf/buy it? Prentice Hall was originally going to put out a diskette, but it just never happened. They've given me the go ahead to make the code available on the net. As soon as I have a chance to package it up and find a publicly accessible place for it, I'll set it up. Incidently, I'd really appreciate any bug reports, as well as reports of mistakes in the text, inaccuracies, typos, or whatever, if anyone takes the time. I'll try to correct these in a later printing. Doug
kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (07/13/89)
> Incidently, I'd really appreciate any bug reports, as well as reports of > mistakes in the text, inaccuracies, typos, or whatever, if anyone takes > the time. I'll try to correct these in a later printing. You can't be serious? There are so many typo's and misspellings in this book. I realize that time to market was important, but the number of typos in this book is staggering. For starters how about the front cover. > X Window Systems Programming and Applications with Xt. First: It's The X Window System (not Systems). Second: This sentence does not make any sense. Programming and Applications??? I just glanced through the book (I don't have much need for a tutorial on Xt :-) and the layout seems very nice, but the number of typo's is about one per page and seriously detracts from the book. Just thought you might like to know... Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium Net: kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 9608 Address: MIT - Room NE43-213
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (07/13/89)
< < Incidently, I'd really appreciate any bug reports, as well as reports of < mistakes in the text, inaccuracies, typos, or whatever, if anyone takes < the time. I'll try to correct these in a later printing. < < You can't be serious? There are so many typo's and misspellings in this < book. I realize that time to market was important, but the number of < typos in this book is staggering. For starters how about the front cover. < [ some nits about the title deleted ] < < I just glanced through the book (I don't have much need for a tutorial on Xt :-) < and the layout seems very nice, but the number of typo's is about one per page < and seriously detracts from the book. Compared to the abysmal documentation provided with the Xt Intrinsics, this book is a godsend! Reading the Xt Intrinsics documentation is like reading a mathematical proof. As a reference it may be excellent, but until one knows how to use them, it is impossible to figure out how to tie it all together. There are *NO* examples of use of the widgets, only the formal definitions. I realize that writing good documentation is *VERY* hard, but until Doug Young's book came out, I have not gotten very far using widgets even with the MANY examples of programs that exist. < < Just thought you might like to know... < I hope you have e-mailed Doug with the *SPECIFIC* typos that you found "one per page". _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
dayoung@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Doug A. Young) (07/14/89)
I just put the code on expo in the ~ftp/contrib directory. The file is called young.examples.tar.Z. Feel free to redistribute or use however you wish. Doug
kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (07/14/89)
[ Brian V. Smith writes: ] > Compared to the abysmal documentation provided with the Xt Intrinsics, > this book is a godsend! I must have been up too late last night. My previous message on this topic was intended to go to Doug Young only. While the information in it is true, the style used may give the wrong impression. I figured that this message would generate this type of flamage, that is why I only sent it to Doug (or so I thought :-). I definitely agree that as a tutorial Doug's book is FAR superior to the Intrinsice Spec, which was the only documentation previously avaliable on Xt. Given the speed with this book came out it is an admirable effort. [ Doug Young writes (in personal mail to me): ] > You're certainly entitled to post your opinions to xpert. No one else seems > to restrict their flames! -:) Actually, I wouldn't mind if you reposted > [the] part of my reply that concerned the title. I have been > waiting for someone to mention the title, so I could explain it. [ Me: ] > > typos in this book is staggering. For starters how about the front cover. [ Doug ] > Tell me about it. First time I knew about this was when I saw the book. I > was not pleased. Supposedly someone in Prentice Hall's production > department has "systems programming" on the brain and screwed it up at the > last minute. The title is supposed to be: > The X Window System: Applications and Programming with Xt > (actually my choice of a title was "XtProgramming", but Prentice Hall > changed it) Prentice Hall claims they will fix it later. Their PR stuff has > at least three variations on the title. [ All opinions in this an the previos message on this topic are mine and do not represent the official position of MIT or the X Consortium. ] Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium Net: kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 9608 Address: MIT - Room NE43-213
kozak@mmm.UUCP (Darryn Kozak) (07/14/89)
In article <3602@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>, dayoung@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Doug A. Young) writes: > I just put the code on expo in the ~ftp/contrib directory. The file > is called young.examples.tar.Z. Feel free to redistribute or use however you > wish. > > Doug What is the full internet name and/or address for "expo"? Thanks, Darryn Kozak 3M Center 260-6A-08 St. Paul, MN 55144 phone: 612-624-1269 leave messages: 612-733-3271 email: kozak@mmm.3m.com