"R. Nortman" spake, saying:
> Off topic? Yup. FAQ? Yup.
'Salright. But don't ask about release dates; you'll push
the project back another six months ;-)
> But I'd still like the opinions of those present on this list.
>
> OK, so I'm new to X programming.
[snip]
> So I need a book
> or a set of books that gives me all the detail on all these different
> aspects of the X system. I need not only the what, but the how and
> the why, too.
[snip]
> I'm betting that the
> O'Reilly X Windows series (the "programming manual" volumes, not the
> "reference" volumes) is probably the best all-around, but before I
> invest, I'd like to hear some expert advice.
I doubt I'll be confused with an X expert, or even a C expert, but
in writing what used to be the E widget set, Volume One, the
Xlib Programming Manual is my best friend. I occassionally use
Volume Zero, X Protocol Reference Manual, and hope to soon
use my recently-acquired Mark Kilgard's OpenGL Programming
(tho that's not really relevant).
Tho the OReilly books are a bit dated relative to XFree86 (which is
at X11R6.3, right?), I'd hazard to say most commercial vendors
are still at X11R5 (don't quote me tho). Even so, I gather that the
differences between R5 and R6 for the beginner are nonexistant.
Volume One lays out everything nice and easy.
As an aside, does anybody have any code pointers to R6 stuff,
like the !*&@#$%! I18N stuff? (Boy, is *that* ugly!) There's precious
little dox on R6, outside of the Release Notes.
jim
--
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