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From: tbg@apollo.COM (Tom Gross)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: PHIGS books
Message-ID: <441a51f1.1b329@apollo.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 89 15:50:00 GMT
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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>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.

    I've seen the SunPHIGS documentation briefly and thought it was 
    excellent, but I was reading it because I'm curious about a competitor's
    implementation, not in order to learn PHIGS. 

    At Apollo we hear good things about our PHIGS documentation; I've recommended 
    it before in this newsgroup.  In particular I think our "programming guide" 
    is a good, general introduction to PHIGS:

        Programming with Domain/PHIGS    
        275 pages
        part number 009701-A00  

    It costs $35 and can be ordered by calling 1-800-225-5290.  
    (There is also a 600 page "Call Reference" available.)

>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.

    In "Programming with Domain/PHIGS", for example, there is a six page section
    called "Using Name Sets to Control Visibility and Highlighting" which includes
    a sample program.  The sample program is included on the tape in Fortran, C,
    and Pascal when you buy the Domain/PHIGS development kit.


    -Tom Gross
     tbg@apollo.com