By Adrian Nye
Third Edition June 1994
Pages: 813 (More details)
(Average of 3 Customer Reviews)
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A complete programming guide to the X library (Xlib), the lowest level of programming interface to X. Covers X11 Release 5. Includes introductions to internationalization, device-independent color, font service, and scalable fonts.
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- 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
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Book details
Title:
XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5
Third Edition: June 1994
ISBN: 1-56592-002-3
Pages: 813
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 3 Reviews)
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Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual Review
Rating:
2004-02-26 12:02:52
Joshua Davies
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I wasn't going to write a review, but I noticed that the previous reviewer insisted that the code examples don't work on X11R6. I can assure that although this might have been the case at one time, it's no longer true - I'm reading through the book, typing out all of the code examples on my Linux workstation which is running XFree86 4.3.0 and so far all of the code examples have worked exactly as advertised.
I am inclined to agree that some indicator as to which lines changed between one example and the next would be nice, but I wouldn't go so far as to say this series sucks eggs. I'm actually enjoying the book (I'm six chapters in), but I'm learning X because I'm curious, not because I honestly think I'll ever do any significant programming in it (I mean, honestly, who really uses X at the Xlib level?)
Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual Review
Rating:
2001-08-01 15:27:00
David Gómez
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This is the book everyone should have, if they have any hopes to do something useful with the XLib. But you have to practice a lot, don't use the samples of the book and write your own. Once you have read book, you always will need it besides your computer. And the people that says that this it a bad book are plain wrong. This book is excellent, what really is awful is the X Window System, but if you have to program with it, you need this one.
Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual Review
1999-07-22 00:00:00
D. Hoelzer
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Well, the book is certainly technical and not
for the faint of heart. My biggest beef with it
is that none of the code works as advertised under
X11R6 (X_CreateWindow errors). The next problem
is that the code examples are extremely difficult
to follow. You think at first that you are looking
at the progressive development of a piece of code...
Except that each new piece makes changes to the
last piece, but never draws your attention to it.
The code examples seem to be more of a work in
progress, written hastily as the book was being
written.
I must say that overall I am extremely disappointed
with the quality of this book. I am usually the first
one to recommend going out and purchasing an O'Reilly
book, but this series sucks eggs.
