
Fundamentals of X Programming
Graphical User Interfaces and Beyond
Theo Pavlidis(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 22. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 374 pages
978-1-4757-8256-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an overview of the X Window System focusing on characteristics that have significant impact on the development of both application programs and widgets. We pay special attention to applications that go beyond graphical user interfaces (GUIs); therefore we discuss issues affecting video games, visualization and imaging programs, and designing widgets with a complex appearance. While the book does not assume previous knowledge of X, it is intended for experienced programmers, especially those who want to write programs that go beyond simple GUIs. X is the dominant window system under Unix, and X servers are available for Microsoft Windows, thus enabling graphics over a network in the PC world. While Java offers an apparently universal graphics library (the abstract window toolkit), the reality is quite different: For high-quality graphics and image display, we must program on the target platform itself (X or one of Microsoft's APIs) rather than rely on Java peer objects. X is a vast subject, so it is impossible to provide a complete coverage in a few hundred pages. Thus we selected topics that are fundamental to the system, so that the reader who masters them should be able to read the documentation of the numerous libraries and toolkits. Therefore we provide documentation on the most important Xlib and X toolkit functions only.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen
XVII, 374 p. 10 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
681 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4757-8256-1 (9781475782561)
DOI
10.1007/b116045
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Book
05/1999
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
€96.00
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Content
Fundamentals of the X Window System.- to the X Toolkit.- Event Handling in the X Toolkit.- Programming with Widgets.- Constraint and Compound Widgets.- Text and Dialog Widgets.- Drawing Operations.- Color and Images.- Selections.- Writing Widgets.- Examples of Widget Implementation.