The shell hacker's guide to X and motif
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The shell hacker's guide to X and motif
（Wiley professional computing）
Wiley, c1994
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- : pbk
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The shell hacker's guide to X and motif : custom power tools & window manager tricks
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: disk ISBN 9780471304319
Description
If you want to design better icons or different menus, this book is for you. Clearly explains how power UNIX users can develop utilities that can be used with a variety of desktop systems. The book/disk set presents a complete environment for customizing the X Window system. Features a significant amount of illustrations.
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: pbk ISBN 9780471597223
Description
This practical, hands-on guide shows UNIX users how to customize the X Windows System and Motif environments at the window manager level. It covers utilities for modifying menus, colours and fonts, mouse behaviour, customized windows and keyboards, and more. The author offers many helpful utilities using Motif and Open Look menu functions, X clients and UNIX shell commands.
Table of Contents
- X Perspective
- Starting Line
- Resource Infinity
- Shell Approach
- Motif Resources
- Making Menus
- Resourceful Menus
- Motif Army Knife
- Epic Xterm
- Configuration Wrap
- Appendices
- Index.
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: set ISBN 9780471597230
Description
The Shell Hacker's Guide to X and Motif Written by the highly respected UNIXWorld editor, this practical, hands-on guide shows UNIX users how to effectively manage and customize the X window environment at the window manager level. Requiring only a basic familiarity with UNIX commands and shell script programming in UNIX, The Shell Hacker's Guide to X and Motif includes numerous utilities for modifying menus, colors and fonts, mouse behavior, and customized windows and keyboards. In addition, it develops numerous utilities for the desktop, using Motif menu functions, X clients, and UNIX shell commands.
In a clear, step-by-step fashion, this unique tool:Demonstrates why window manager level remains the optimal level at which to control XIntroduces X resources from the X client viewpointExplains the nuts and bolts of Motif menus, including quick reference to Motif menu functionsPresents two fully developed and complete menu shells - one for general purpose Motif and one for Motif on Sun SystemsShows how to combine the power of UNIX with the menu capabilities of Motif to build the ultimate menu systemReveals how to customize the root window and turn it into a solid productivity toolDescribes how to maximize the XTerm terminal emulatorOffers an optional disk packed with ready-to-implement utilities plus Xmenu - a complete environment for customizing X
Table of Contents
X Perspective. Starting Line. Resource Infinity. Shell Approach. Motif Resources. Making Menus. Resourceful Menus. Motif Army Knife. Epic Xterm. Configuration Wrap. Appendices. Index.
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