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Advanced X Window Applications Programming Second Edition
by Eric F. Johnson and Kevin Reichard
M&T Books, 1994 ISBN 1-55828-344-7
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About the book
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Advanced X Window Applications Programming Second Edition
tackles the X library in depth, with special
emphasis on program-to-program communication based on
the Inter-Client Communications Conventions Manual, or
ICCCM.
This book covers
X programming issues necessary for all commercial-grade
applications, even if you use a toolkit, such as Motif.
(One of the first things you discover when programming
with Motif is that you often need to make calls to the
low-level Xt and X libraries.)
Special highlights of this book include the section on
window managers, including the Motif and Open Look window
managers, session managers, X selections
(one of the most difficult areas of X programming)
and the X resource manager functions.
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Table of contents
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- Introduction
- Section I: X Window System Programming 101
- 1 Defining X
- 2 Creating Windows
- 3 Handling Events
- 4 The Graphics Context and Drawing
- 5 Bitmaps, Pixmaps, Icons and Cursors
- 6 Colors and Visuals
- 7 Images and Screen Dumps
- 8 The X Resource Manager
- 9 Working with Motif and X Toolkits
- Section II: Good Neighbors in the X Window World
- 10 Strategies for X Program-to-Program Communication
- 11 Cut and Paste Using Properties
- 12 Sending X Events Between Applications
- 13 Selections
- 14 Working with Window Managers
- 15 Working with Session Managers
- Section III: Displaying X Programs Over a Network
- 16 A Multi-Machine Chat Program
- 17 Issues with Multiple Display Connections
- Section IV: Extending X
- 18 The Shape Extension
- 19 The X Image Extension
- Section V: Release 6
- 20 Introducing X11 Release 6
- Appendix A: For More Information
- Appendix B: Utility Functions Introduced in the Book
- Appendix C: Working with the CD-ROM
- Index
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