Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:38121 alt.books.technical:558 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!quanbook From: quanbook@world.std.com (William J Szabo) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,alt.books.technical Subject: Re: Books on X Programming Message-ID: <1991Jun28.220241.18849@world.std.com> Date: 28 Jun 91 22:02:41 GMT References: <10907@plains.NoDak.edu> <1991Jun27.050355.28722@world.std.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Lines: 65 > >Can someone post a description of the table of contents for this book? >Is it up-to-date? What toolkits are covered? Here is the TOC for the Asente and Swick _X Window System Toolkit_: PART 1: PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE -Chapter 1: Applications -Chapter 2: Widgets -Chapter 3: Resources and Callbacks -Chapter 4: Composite Widgets and Geometry Management -Chapter 5: Shell Widgets and Pop-Ups -Chapter 6: Event Handling -Chapter 7: Translation Management -Chapter 8: Nonwidget Objects -Chapter 9: Odds and Ends -Chapter 10: Pulling it all together PART 2: SPECIFICATION -Chapter 1: Intrinsics and Widgets -Chapter 2: Widget Instantiation -Chapter 3: Composite Widgets and Their Children -Chapter 4: Shell Widgets -Chapter 5: Pop-Up Widgets -Chapter 6: Geometry Management -Chapter 7: Event Management -Chapter 8: Callbacks -Chapter 9: Resource Management -Chapter 10: Translation Management -Chapter 11: Utility Functions -Chapter 12: Nonwidget Objects -Chapter 13: Evolution of the Intrinsics PART 3: APPEDICES -Appendix A: Resource File Format -Appendix B: Translation Table Syntax -Appendix C: Compatibility Functions -Appendix D: Intrinsics Error Messages -Appendix E: StringDefs.h Header File -Appendix F: Parameter and Return Types -Appendix G: Naming Conventions -Appendix H: The X Registry and the Examples The actual, full TOC is 20 pages long. Published by Prentice Hall, 1990, ISBN 0139721916 (Digital Press) 970 Pages, Paperback, $45.00 email us for more info or ordering George Quantum Books Cambridge, MA quanbook@world.std.com PH: 617.494.5042 -- Quantum Books We are moving to Four Cambridge Center, One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02142. Phone numbers remain Cambridge, MA 02139 the same. The move is July 4&5. Phone: 617-494-5042 Fax: (617) 577-7282 quanbook@world.std.com