Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!ics!david From: david@ics.COM (David B. Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X books Summary: more X books Message-ID: <2532@ics.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 17:23:46 GMT References: <1693@bacchus.dec.com> Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 35 In article <1693@bacchus.dec.com>, klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) writes: < Nye, *Xlib Programming Manual*, O'Reilly & Associates < Jones, *Introduction to the X Window System*, Prentice-Hall < Johnson & Richard, *X Window Applications Programming*, MIS: Press < < These 3 are similar, all tutorials Xlib programming. The first was < written by a technical writer and is the most professional looking. < The other 2 were written by experienced X programmers. The Jones book < has lots of useful tips on using Xlib. The Johnson & Richard book has < lots and lots of sample code, but the coverage is thinner than the < Jones or Nye books. None of these is as complete as Scheifler's < book. The Nye book is a two-volume manual covering Programming and Reference. Volume 3 is a "using X11R2 applications" book. At some point soon, Volumes 4 and 5, covering Programming and Reference for Xt and Xaw, will be available. The Jones book is being updated. Look also for two other books on Xt programming, by reputable people, to be out in January. < Young, *X Window Systems: Programming and Applications with Xt*, < Prentice-Hall < < Despite the typo in the title, this is a pretty good book. It's the < only one that covers the X Toolkit, explaining both writing widgets and < using them in applications programs. A second edition will also be available soon. -- David B. Lewis david@ics.com ics!david@buita.bu.edu david%ics.UUCP@buita.bu.edu "Smuggling -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure!"