X Window System User's Guide (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

X Window System User's Guide (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

<div><p>The <i>X Window System User's Guide, Motif Edition,</i> orients the new user to window system concepts and provides detailed tutorials for many client programs, including the <i>xterm</i> terminal emulator and the window manager. Building on this basic knowledge, later chapters explain how to customize the X environment and provide sample configurations.This alternative edition of the <i>User's Guide</i> highlights the Motif window manager for users of the Motif graphical user interface. Revised for Motif 1.2 and X11 Release 5.Topics include:</p><ul><li>Starting the system and opening windows</li><li>Using the <i>xterm</i> terminal emulator and window managers</li><li>Most standard release clients, including programs for graphics, printing, font manipulation, window/display information, removing windows, as well as several "desktop" utilities</li><li>Customizing the window manager, keyboard, display, and certain basic features of any client program</li><li>Using and customizing the <i>mwm</i> window manager, for those using theOSF/Motif graphical interface</li><li>System administration tasks, such as managing fonts, starting X automatically, and using the display manager, <i>xdm</i>, to run X on single or multiple displays</li></ul>Material covered in this second edition includes:<ul><li>Overview of the X Color Management System (Xcms)</li><li>Creating your own Xcms color database</li><li>Tutorials for two "color editors": <i>xcoloredit</i> and <i>xtici</i></li><li>Using the X font server</li><li>Tutorial for <i>editres</i>, a resource editor</li><li>Extensive coverage of the new implementations of bitmap and <i>xmag</i></li><li>Overview of internationalization features</li><li>Features common to Motif 1.2 applications: tear-off menus and drag-and-drop</li></ul></div>