57) Which Xt and X books would also be helpful?

[Last modified: Feb 95]

Answer:  You will also need books and references on Xt and Xlib, such as:

Asente, Paul J., and Swick, Ralph R., X Window System Toolkit, The Complete
Programmer's Guide and Specification, Digital Press, 1990.  The Xt bible. A
treasury of information, excellent and invaluable.  Distributed by Digital
Press, ISBN 1-55558-051-3, Digital Press order number EY-E757E-DP; and by
Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-972191-6.

Cutler, Ellie, Gilly Daniel, and O'Reilly, Tim, The X Window System in a
Nutshell, O'Reilly & Associates, 2nd Edition April 1992, 424 pages, ISBN: 1-
56592-017-1.  A quick reference guide to Xlib functions datatypes and events,
Xt functions and datatypes, and the standard X clients.  The second edition is
expanded and covers X11R4 and X11R5.

Flanagan, David, Programmer's Supplement for R5 of the X Window System,
O'Reilly & Associates, 1991, ISBN: 0-937175-86-2.  A programmer's guide to all
the new features in X11R5, with reference pages for the new functions.
[NOTE: Out-of-print; material incorporated in recent editions of Volumes 1, 2,
4 and 5. X11R6 supplement is in the works.]

Flanagan, David, Editor, X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, Volume 5,
O'Reilly & Associates, 3rd Edition April 1992, 916 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-007-4.
"The X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual is a complete programmer's
reference for the X Toolkit. It provides reference pages for each of the Xt
functions as well as the widget classes defined by Xt and the Athena widgets.
This volume is based on Xt documentation from the X Consortium and has been
re-edited, reorganized, and expanded...  The third edition of Volume 5 has
been completely revised. In addition to covering Release 4 and Release 5 of X,
all the man pages have been completely rewritten for clarity and ease of use,
and new examples and descriptions have been added throughout the book."

Mui, Linda and Pearce, Eric, X Window System Administrator's Guide, Volume 8,
O'Reilly & Associates, 1st Edition October 1992, CD-ROM Released May 1993,
ISBN: 1-56592-052-X (with CD-ROM) "This book is the first and only book
devoted to the issues of system administration for X and X-based networks,
written not just for UNIX system administrators but for anyone faced with the
job of administering X (including those running X on stand-alone
workstations)..."  A book for X system administrators, covering XDM, security,
font management, X terminals, building X, etc.  Available with a CD-ROM
containing the complete X source code.

Nye, Adrian, Xlib Programming Manual, Volume 1, O'Reilly and Associates, 3rd
Edition July 1992,  824 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-002-3.  "Updated to cover X11
Release 5, the Xlib Programming Manual is a complete guide to programming the
X library (Xlib), the lowest level of programming interface to X. It includes
introductions to internationalization, device-independent color, font service,
and scalable fonts. Includes chapters on: X Window System concepts, A simple
client application, Window attributes, The graphics context, Graphics in
practice, Color, Events, Interclient communication, Internationalization, The
Resource Manager, A complete client application, Window management, and Other
programming techniques."

Nye, Adrian, Editor, Xlib Reference Manual, Volume 2, O'Reilly & Associates,
3rd Edition June 1992, ISBN 1-56592-006-6.  Contains reference pages, derived
from the MIT specification, for all Xlib functions.  The third edition covers
X11R4 and X11R5, including all the new internationalization and Xcms (Color
Management System) functions.

Nye, Adrian & O'Reilly, Tim, X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, Motif
Edition, Volume 4M, O'Reilly and Associates, 2nd Edition August 1992, 674
pages, ISBN: 1-56592-013-9.  "Volume 4 is a complete guide to programming with
the X Toolkit Intrinsics, the library of C language routines that facilitates
the design of user interfaces with reusable components called widgets.  It
provides concepts and examples that show how to use the various X Toolkit
routines. The first few chapters are devoted to using widgets; the remainder
of the book covers the more complex task of writing new widgets.  Volume 4 is
available in two editions. The Motif Edition uses the Motif 1.2 widget set in
examples, and covers X11 Release 5."

Quercia, Valerie & O'Reilly, Tim, X Window System User's Guide, Motif Edition,
Volume 3M, O'Reilly and Associates, 2nd Edition January 1993, 956 pages, ISBN:
1-56592-015-5.  "The X Window System User's Guide, Motif Edition orients the
new user to window system concepts and provides detailed tutorials for many
client programs, including the xterm terminal emulator and the window manager.
Building on this basic knowledge, later chapters explain how to customize the
X environment and provide sample configurations.  This alternative edition of
the User's Guide highlights the Motif window manager, for users of the Motif
graphical user interface.  Revised for Motif 1.2 and X11 Release 5."

Scheifler, Robert W., and Gettys, James, X Window System, The Complete
Reference to Xlib, X Protocl, ICCCM, XLFD. Digital Press, 1992. The Xlib
bible.  Third edition covers X11R5. ISBN 1-55558-088-2, Digital Press order
number EY-J802E-DP.

For those interested in PHIGS and PEXlib, O'Reilly & Associates also publishes
several books on these topics. See:

    gopher://gopher.ora.com/11/descriptions/prox