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From: herzog@dogwalk.Sun.COM (Brian Herzog, Sun Microsystems, GPD)
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Subject: Re: PHIGS books
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Date: 22 Jun 89 21:18:36 GMT
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In article <WARSAW.89Jun22152002@rtg.cme.nist.gov> warsaw@cme.nist.gov (Barry A. Warsaw) writes:
>
>I have just started using SunPHIGS, Sun's version of PHIGS, but the
>documentation is very poor.  They only include a "Beginner's Guide" which
>has a brief overview of the PHIGS system, and a set of manual pages which
>is great if you know what function you want to use but are unsure of the
>syntax.
>
>What they *don't* include is a guide for taking a novice through the
>general concepts of how to get things done with PHIGS.  For example, I
>want an explanation of how to use name sets to get invisibility of
>elements.  I had to wade through the manpages for a week to get some vague
>idea of how to do this.
>
>Are there any good books on PHIGS out there?  I've called one local
>computer book store, but they've never heard of PHIGS.  I'd appreciate any
>titles, authors and publishers of books that you think are good.  Please
>email to me directly and I will post a summary.  Thanks.
>
>-Barry
>
>P.S. Is there a PHIGS mailing list or newsgroup?  I couldn't find the
>newsgroup and the address I had for a PHIGS+ mailing list was quite
>old and didn't seem to work.
>
>NAME: Barry A. Warsaw                USMAIL: National Institute of Standards
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