X Toolkit - Intrinsics & Athena Widgets
by McCormack, Asente, Swick, & Weissman
ISBN 0-929306-04-X
1988
350 pages, Paperback
$32.95 (US Dollars)

 Summary    Contents 

Table of Contents:

• Intrinsics and Widgets
  • Terminology
  • Intrinsics
  • Procedures and Macros
  • Widgets
  • Implementation-Specific Data Types
  • Widget Classing
• Widget Instantiation
  • Initializing the X Toolkit
  • Loading the Resource Database
  • Parsing the Command Line
  • Creating Widgets
  • Realizing Widgets
  • Obtaining Window Information from a Widget
  • Destroying Widgets
  • Exiting from an Application
• Composite Widgets & Their Children
  • Addition of Children to a Composite Widget: the insert_child Procedure
  • Insertion Order of Children: the insert_position Procedure
  • Deletion of Children: the delete_child Procedure
  • Adding and Removing Children from the Managed Set
  • Controlling when Widgets get Mapped
  • Constrained Composite Widgets
• Shell Widgets
  • Shell Widget Definitions
• Pop-Up Widgets
  • Pop-Up Widget Types
  • Creating a Pop-Up Shell
  • Creating Pop-Up Children
  • Mapping a Pop-Up Widget
  • Unmapping a Pop-Up Widget
• Geometry Management
  • Initiating Geometry Changes
  • General Geometry Manager Requests
  • Resize Requests
  • Potential Geometry Changes
  • Child Geometry Management: the geometry_manager Procedure
  • Widget Placement and Sizing
  • Preferred Geometry
  • Size Change Management: the resize Procedure
• Event Management
  • Adding and Deleting Additional Event Sources
  • Constraining Events to a Cascade of Widgets
  • Focusing Events on a Child
  • Querying Event Sources
  • Dispatching Events
  • The Application Input Loop
  • Setting and Checking the Sensitivity State of a Widget
  • Adding Background Work Procedures
  • X Event Filters
  • Widget Exposure and Visibility
  • X Event Handlers
• Callbacks
  • Using Callback Procedure and Callback List Definitions
  • Identifying Callback Lists
  • Adding Callback Procedures
  • Removing Callback Procedures
  • Executing Callback Procedures
  • Checking the Status of a Callback List
• Resource Management
  • Resource Lists
  • Byte Offset Calculations
  • Superclass to Subclass Chaining of Resource Lists
  • Subresources
  • Obtaining Application Resources
  • Resource Conversions
  • Reading and Writing Widget State
• Translation Management
  • Action Tables
  • Translation Tables
  • Translation Table Management
  • Using Accelerators
  • Keycode-to-KeySym Conversions
  • Obtaining a KeySym in an Action Procedure
  • KeySym-to-KeyCode Conversions
  • Registering Button and Key Grabs for Actions
  • Invoking Actions Directly
• Utility Functions
  • Determining the Number of Elements in an Array
  • Translating Strings to Widget Instances
  • Managing Memory Usage
  • Sharing Graphics Contexts
  • Managing Selections
  • Merging Exposure Events into a Region
  • Translating Widget Coordinates
  • Translating a Window to a Widget
  • Handling Errors
  • Setting WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS
  • Finding File Names
• Non-widget Objects
  • Data Structures
  • Object Objects
  • Rectangle Objects
  • Undeclared Class
  • Widget Arguments to Intrinsic Resources
• Evolution of the Intrinsics
  • Determining Specification Revision Level
  • Release 3 to Release 4 Compatibility
• Appendix A - Resource File Format
• Appendix B - Translation Table Syntax
• Appendix C - Conversion Notes
• Appendix D - Standard Errors and Warnings
• Appendix E - StringDefs.h Header File
• Index