- Paperback: 382 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Dis edition (29 Nov 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471597236
- ISBN-13: 978-0471597230
- Product Dimensions: 31 x 24.5 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,457,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 X
- Introduces X resources from the X client viewpoint
- Explains the nuts and bolts of Motif menus, including quick reference to Motif menu functions
- Presents two fully developed and complete menu shells—one for general purpose Motif and one for Motif on Sun Systems
- Shows how to combine the power of UNIX with the menu capabilities of Motif to build the ultimate menu system
- Reveals how to customize the root window and turn it into a solid productivity tool
- Describes how to maximize the XTerm terminal emulator
- Offers an optional disk packed with ready–to–implement utilities plus Xmenu—a complete environment for customizing X
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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 X
- Introduces X resources from the X client viewpoint
- Explains the nuts and bolts of Motif menus, including quick reference to Motif menu functions
- Presents two fully developed and complete menu shells—one for general purpose Motif and one for Motif on Sun Systems
- Shows how to combine the power of UNIX with the menu capabilities of Motif to build the ultimate menu system
- Reveals how to customize the root window and turn it into a solid productivity tool
- Describes how to maximize the XTerm terminal emulator
- Offers an optional disk packed with ready–to–implement utilities plus Xmenu—a complete environment for customizing X
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I thought that "The Shell Hacker's Guide to X and Motif: Custom Power Tools and Windows Manager" wasn't that bad, but a lot of the stuff you can do for free by just downloading of hotbar or windows sites. Also you really don;t need the diskett because it just adds to the cost of the book, so I think that you would be better off with out that. The content of the book was pretty good though, so if you just want to fool around with a windows computer's graphics, this is the book for you! ; - )
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