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From: dex@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Dex Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif Issues & the Semiotics of User Interfaces
Message-ID: <100920269@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 17:45:07 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.033956.996@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> 8. Since Motif is going to provide a common GUI to lotsa nice slick
> applications, and make all us Unix software vendors rich, somebody can get
> rich by bringing out a nice end-user's introduction for the common parts of
> all Motif applications.  Glossy, easy, fun.  Like what you get with a Mac.

The "OSF/Motif User's Guide" covers the most common "getting started" type
information needed by most new users.  It's not as "glossy" as the Mac stuff, 
but it is pretty simple.  It has only three chapters:

	1. Introducing Motif

	   Describes some basics for getting started, and how to
	   control windows using the Motif Window Manager.

	2. Using a Motif Application

	   Hits the highlights:  Menus, buttons, lists, scroll bars,
	   radio boxes, check boxes, keyboard traversal, etc.

	3. Customizing Your Motif Environment

	   A minimalist introduction to setting resources to 
	   modify client appearance and behavior.

The first edition of the book was written for the Open Software Foundation 
by Hewlett-Packard.  There's not much (if anything) that would have to be 
updated for Motif 1.1, so I'm not sure if OSF has revised it since the 
original 1.0 version.

Here are the specifics for getting a copy from your local bookstore:

         Title:  OSF/Motif User's Guide
        Author:  The Open Software Foundation
     Publisher:  Prentice-Hall
          ISBN:  13-640509-6

 - Dex Smith
   Hewlett-Packard Company
   Corvallis, Oregon
   dex@hpcvxdex.cv.hp.com