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THE X WINDOW SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL
2nd ed

Daniel GILLY
has been with O'Reilly & Associates since 1986. In addition to co-authoring The X Window System in a Nutshell, Daniel has had an editorial hand in several books in the X Window series, wrote the reference section of Volume 6, Motif Programming Manual, and revised the Nutshell Handbook(R), Learning vi, for its 5th edition.
Daniel is editor of a newsletter for MIT crew. In addition, he has written a musical comedy, a radio thriller, and a one-act play. All have been performed at Boston-area colleges. He graduated from MIT in 1985 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Tim O'REILLY
is founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates, publisher of the X Window System series and the popular Nutshell Handbooks(R) on UNIX. Tim has had a hand in writing or editing many of the books published by O'Reilly & Associates. He is also the author of a book about science-fiction writer Frank Herbert. Tim's long-term vision for the company is to create a vehicle where creative people can support themselves by exploring interesting ideas. Technical book publishing is just the first step. Tim graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1975 with a B.A. in Classics.

Series: The Definitive guides to the X Window System

Publisher : O'Reilly & Associates - Sebastopol, CA

Bibliographic :

• Hardcover Paperback
• ISBN: 1-56592-017-1
• April 1992, © 199
• 424 pages ; 23 cm.
• Dewey No.: 005.4/3 20

• Windows (Computer programs) * X Window System (Computer system)

Once programmers have mastered the concepts behind X and learned how to program in Xlib and Xt there is still a mass of details to remember. The X Window System in a Nutshell fills this gap. Experienced X programmers can use this single-volume desktop companion for most common questions, keeping the full X Window System series of manuals for detailed reference.

X in a Nutshell contains essential information in a boiled-down, quick-reference format that makes it easy to find the answers needed most often:

• Command line options and resources for the standard MIT X clients.
• Calling sequence for all Xlib and Xt functions and macros.
• Detailed description of structures, enums, and other X data types used as arguments or return values in Xlib or Xt functions.
• Description of the code inside a basic widget.
• Quick reference to the event structures.
• Font name syntax, color names, resource file and translations table syntax, and cursors.
• Xlib and Xt error messages.

CONTENTS :

Preface

Scope of This Handbook * Conventions in This Handbook * Related Documents * Acknowledgements

1 Xlib Functions and Macros Summary by Category * Category Headings * Category Listings * Alphabetical Summary

2 Xlib Data Types

3 Events * The XEvent Union * Event Masks and Defined Values * Event Masks, Event Types, and Event Structures * Event Types

4 Xt Functions and Macros * Summary by Category * Category Headings * Category Listings * Alphabetical Listing

5 Xt Data Types

6 Inside a Widget * Private Header File * Representation Types * Class and Instance Structures * Public Header File * Widget Source File * Resource Declarations * Actions and Translations * Class Record Initialization * Core Widget Methods * The Class Pointer

7 Clients * Resource File Format * Tight Bindings and Loose Bindings * Format of the Client Entries * Symbol Conventions * X Toolkit Options and Resources * Alphabetical Listing

8 Fonts, Colors, Cursors, and Bitmaps * Fonts * Colors * Alternative R4 Color Databases * Cursors * Cursor Specifications * Cursor Symbols * Bitmaps

9 Translations * Notation * Translation Table Syntax * Modifier Names * Event Types * Examples

10 Errors and Warnings * Xlib Errors * Xt Errors and Warnings

At head of title: Desktop quick reference. Includes INDEX.