[JaxPM] FW: O'Reilly Releases Updated Motif Reference Manual

[Daniel Stringfield]

On the jacksonville-pm-list; Jax.PM'er Daniel Stringfield <dstringf at fccj.org> wrote -


I don't..

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Bill Jones wrote:

> On the jacksonville-pm-list; Jax.PM'er Bill Jones <bill at fccj.org> wrote -
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> Do you JaxPM'ers mind getting these?  If so,  I will stop.
> 
> Thx,  -Sneex-  :]
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> > From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo at oreilly.com>
> > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 16:37:05 -0800 (PST)
> > To: jax at jacksonville.pm.org
> > Subject: O'Reilly Releases Updated Motif Reference Manual
> > 
> > For immediate release
> > For free review copy, contact:
> > Denise Olliffe (707) 829-0515 ext 339, deniseo at oreilly.com
> > 
> > O'Reilly Releases Updated Motif Reference Manual
> > 
> > Motif is the only native toolkit for Unix that supports large scale
> > internationalized applications. It provides a complete set of widgets,
> > such as buttons, scroll bars, menus, and dialog boxes, for developing
> > graphical user interfaces. It also includes a library of functions for
> > creating and manipulating those widgets. "The Motif widget set needs no
> > introduction: everyone using a UNIX-based X workstation will have
> > either used or programmed with it," says Antony Fountain, co-author of
> > the new volume. "The Motif widget set offers the most feature-complete
> > solution, and remains the best choice for standardized, large scale,
> > industrial strength, mission critical, and internationalized
> > applications."
> > 
> > The second edition of the "Motif Reference Manual" covers Motif 2.1, a
> > robust release supported by the major workstation vendors, including
> > Sun (Solaris 2.7), HP, and SGI. "Motif 2.1 offers an extended range of
> > components which provide a consistent user interface, whether in terms
> > of overall appearance and behavior, inter-component navigability, or
> > data transfer. The components are rich in configurability, either from
> > the programmer or the user perspective," says Fountain. "No other
> > toolkit offers programmers greater power over the geometry management
> > of their programs."
> > 
> > This book is designed to be used with "Volume 6A, Motif Programming
> > Manual", which describes how to build applications using the Motif
> > toolkit and provides a complete tutorial with programming examples.
> > Both of these books are an integral part of the X Window System series
> > from O'Reilly.
> > 
> > What a reader said about the previous edition:  "This is a 'must get'
> > book for all the Motif programmers. Personally, I have bought several
> > Motif books before I purchased the 'Motif Programming Manual'. Just
> > forget others, and get this book to start with. The good points about
> > this book compared to other Motif books: Plenty more examples than
> > other books. For all programming standard, much more easy to read and
> > follow. You can learn much more from the examples than other books. A
> > very organized, efficient, and structural programming style. In
> > conclusion, you can learn not only to be 'a good Motif programmer', but
> > also 'to make full use of Motif."
> > 
> > Appendix D: New Features in Motif 2.1 and 2.0 is freely available
> > online at:  http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/motifref2/chapter/appd.html
> > 
> > For more information about the book, see:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/motifref2/
> > 
> > For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to:
> > ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565926544.jpg
> > 
> > 
> > # # #
> > 
> > 
> > Volume 6B: Motif Reference Manual, 2nd Edition
> > For Motif 2.1
> > By Antony Fountain & Paula Ferguson
> > 2nd Edition February 2000
> > 1-56592-654-4, 1154 pages, $49.95
> > order at oreilly.com
> > 1-800-998-9938
> > http://www.oreilly.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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           Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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