Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sgi!daisy!klee From: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Good X Books Message-ID: <2854@daisy.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 89 22:18:02 GMT References: Reply-To: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee) Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca. Lines: 34 In article paone@aramis.rutgers.edu (Phil Paone) writes: > >COuld anyone out there tell me what they consider to be good books on >X Windows? I am looking for both Reference and Guide type books. There are 3 books out on X: 1. Scheifler, Gettys & Newman, *X Window System*, DEC Press, 1988. 2. Jones, *Introduction to the X Window System*, Prentice-Hall, 1988. 3. O'Reilly & Associates, *The Definitive Guides to the X Window System*, 3 volumes, 1988. The Scheifler book is an enhanced version of the X11R3 Xlib and protocol manuals (by the same authors). It's a good reference, but the other 2 books are probably better for beginners. I prefer the Jones book. It's a good introduction to Xlib programming, including lots of good tips not found in the other books. The section on input, the hardest part of any window system to understand, is especially good. Some people prefer the O'Reilly books. Volumes 1 and 2 are on Xlib, volume 3 describes some of the clients on the MIT tape. Most of this material is copied from the X11R2 manuals, although there is some new introductory material in vols. 1 and 3. Except for the O'Reilly volume 3, all these books describe only Xlib. I understand that at least three X Toolkit books are in the works, but not on the market yet. -- Ken Lee Daisy Systems Corp., Interactive Graphics Tools Dept. Internet and Smail: klee@daisy.uucp uucp: uunet!daisy!klee