Motif Programming Manual

by Dan Heller

A source for complete, accurate and insightful guidance on Motif application programming. There is no other book that covers the ground as thoroughly or as well as this one., 1991.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0937175706
• ISBN13: 9780937175705
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Weight: 3.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Yup, this is it...

This book explains most everything you need to know about Motif. The manual pages will cover the rest. The book is self-contained, and unless you are really interested in low-level details, there is little reason to purchase the Xlib and Xt books. Motif is mostly self-contained, and the few Xt and Xlib-calls you need to make is described in this manual (and they also have manpages). Of course, if you are writing a new application today, you might be wiser and go with a modern toolkit like GTK or Qt, but for the maintenance programmer (aren't we all?), this book still has lots of value.

Excellent and throrough guide to Motif

I received this book for Christmas last year (nothing like O'Reilly in your stocking to make for a good Christmas!) and didn't get a chance to start it until a few weeks ago. I am now about halfway through and I must say that this is an excellent book! It is well-written, interesting, and thorough. The example programs are all extremely helpful assisting the reader in understanding the subject matter. Now that Motif has become open sourced, I urge all Linux and UNIX developers to pick up a copy of this book and give Motif programming a try!