Books : XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)
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by: Adrian Nye
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.43
EAN: 9781565920026
ISBN: 1565920023
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 813
Publication Date: June 30, 1994
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Sales Rank: 228766
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Product Description:
Covering X11 Release 5, the Xlib Programming Manual is a complete guide to programming the X library (Xlib), the lowest level of programming interface to X. It includes introductions to internationalization, device-independent color, font service, and scalable fonts. Includes chapters on: - X Window System concepts
- A simple client application
- Window attributes
- The graphics context
- Graphics in practice
- Color
- Events
- Interclient communication
- Internationalization
- The Resource Manager
- A complete client application
- Window management
This manual is a companion to Volume 2, Xlib Reference Manual.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Buyer Beware!
In this listing, Amazon has listed two separate publications under a single ISBN. 0937175269 is the ISBN of Volume One - The Xlib Programming Manual.
Volume Two is the Xlib Reference Manual, and the ISBN of that book is 0937175277.
At this time, Amazon does not have a listing under the ISBN of Volume Two, but simply lists both titles under a single ISBN. But, since O'Reilly sold the two volumes separately, and Amazon lists the ISBN of only the Programming Manual, it's unclear what you ... Read More
Rating:  - Before the animal books there were the "X Books"
O'Reilly and Associates was born as a publisher of technical books when Tim O'Reilly printed out copies of the first edition of this manual and was practically mobbed at a technical convention by eager customers in 1988. This is an extremely well written book on programming with Xlib, an X Window System protocol client library in the C programming language. Xlib contains functions for interacting with an X server that allow programmers to write programs without knowing the details of the protocol. Few ... Read More
Rating: - X11 programming is complex, this book helps
Unfortunately, X11 programming is extremely complex. This book is not perfect, but does guide you through the labyrinth. If you are going to program in X11, you need to get this book.
Rating:  - Unfortunately there are no alternatives..
This book is a basic introduction to programming X11 directly with Xlib. It is not obvious that Adrian Nye is the best expert to learn from. Often it seems like he wrote the book in an attempt to try to make sense of the X11 system himself. Parts of it are extremely unclear, but at least we should give him credit for trying to explain everything, even those parts he wasn't entirely sure about.
It would probably be a good idea if O'Reilly made a revised edition, rewriting some of the bad parts ... Read More
Rating:  - this book is awful!
you'll never get past page 100. this book is simply unreadable. after reading a few chapters, you'll find that you've learned a lot, but understand very little. and certainly won't be able to DO anything with it. the book is guilty (amoung other things) of giving VERY technical definitions which is fine, but no attempt is made to give a better understanding of the term in basic, frank language that everyone can understand. in addition, the book is way too long. it attempts to be a treatiste ... Read More
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