jamesd@techbook.UUCP (James Deibele) (01/16/90)
The following new books might be of interest to X users. (even though Release 4 is now available) _X Window System Technical Reference_ by Steven Mikes. This is distinguished by being almost totally devoid of text --- it's 786 pages of charts, figures, and code fragments. It's a "quick reference" :-) to X programming, with functions shown with descriptions, category, and return type; structures; symbols; fonts; bitmaps, and more. The last two chapters are "mini- references" for Motif and OPEN LOOK, showing the resource name, widget, class, and type. (Addison-Wesley, 0-201-52370-1, 1990, $34.95) _OPEN LOOK: Graphical User Interface Functional Specifications_ by Sun Microsystems. The first volume of the OPEN LOOK technical reference series, this book presents the philosophy behind the OPEN LOOK interface, discussion of the design elements, description of the required elements (menus, user-settable options, etc.), instructions for using the user interface, and guidelines for writing applications using the interface. (Addison-Wesley, 0-201-52365-5, 1990, $34.95) _OPEN LOOK: Graphical User Interface Application Style Guidelines_ by Sun Microsystems. The second volume of the OPEN LOOK technical reference series, this is the definitive guide for developers creating applications. Containing a checklist for developers, concise information about using OPEN LOOK objects, guidelines for developing color applications, (Addison- Wesley, 0-201-52364-7, 1990, $24.95) O'Reilly & Associates says that they hope to be shipping Volume 7 of the X series by February 1, to be devoted to Xt (the description I got over the phone was kind of garbled, but they're sending out a flyer on it). They think that they may have the fabled volumes 4 and 5 (X toolkit intrinsics) in March. What's volume 6? I don't know either. Prentice-Hall is supposed to be shipping Doug Young's new book, _Introduction to the X Window System: Programming and Applications with Xt, OSF/Motif, next week. (P-H, 0-13-497074-8, 1990, $32.80). They've also announced the OSF/Motif series (_Style Guide_, _Programmer's Guide_, Programmer's Reference_, and _User's Guide_) all selling for $41.00 each. Publication date not firmed up, although they told me that it should be firmed up "any day". -- James Deibele ...!tektronix!nosun!techbook!jamesd BBS: (503) 760-1473 TECHBooks: The Computer Book Specialists --- Voice: (503) 646-8257 12600 SW 1st Beaverton, OR 97005 --- Book reviewers wanted for computer science & electronics - contact us for more information.