From: david@ora.com (David Flanagan)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: X Window System bibliography
Date: 10 Nov 92 13:17:44 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:23:52 GMT
Message-Id: <Bx9FBs.Aoq@ora.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,ba.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif,misc.books.technical

Ken Lee's recently posted bibliography is certainly useful, but it has
always annoyed me that he lumps all of the O'Reilly & Associates books
together, rather than treating them indivdually.  I've asked him a
couple of times, without success, to do me the courtesy of including my
name when he mentions the books I wrote (as he does for all other
authors), and to include the ISBN numbers of O'Reilly & Associates books
(as he does with all other books) so that people can order them through
bookstores.

In any case, I've prepared a bibliography of all the O'Reilly X books,
suitable for merging with or appending to Ken's bibliography.  Since I
write for O'Reilly & Associates, I haven't tried to include a review of
these books, but have briefly mentioned what is in them, sometimes
copying the description off the back cover.  I haven't alphabetized this
bibliography; instead, I list the books in their order in the series.

	David Flanagan

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Nye, Adrian, Editor,   Volume 0:  X Protocol Reference Manual, Third
    Edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.  ISBN: 1-56592-008-2 
    Contains a conceptual introduction to the X protocol, a reformatted
    version of the X Consortium X protocol specification, and appendices
    containing the ICCCM conventions, the XLFD conventions, and various
    quick reference aids.  The third edition covers X11R4 and X11R5

Nye, Adrian, Volume One: Xlib Programming Manual, Third Edition, 
    O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.  ISBN 1-56592-002-3.  A programmer's
    guide to Xlib, with chapters on all the major features.  The third
    edition covers X11R4 and the new features of X11R5

Nye, Adrian, Editor, Volume Two: Xlib Reference Manual, Third Edition,
    O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.  ISBN 1-56592-006-6.  Contains reference
    pages, derived from the MIT specification, for all Xlib functions.
    The third edition covers X11R4 and X11R5, including all the new
    internationalization and Xcms functions.

Quercia, Valerie and O'Reilly, Tim, Volume Three: X Window System User's
    Guide, O'Reilly & Associates 1990, ISBN: 0-937175-14-5.  
    Orients the new user to window system concepts an provides detailed
    tutorials for many client programs, including the xterm terminal
    emulator and window managers.  Later chapters explain how to
    customize the X environment.

Quercia, Valerie and O'Reilly, Tim, Volume Three: X Window System User's
    Guide, Motif Edition, O'Reilly & Associates 1991, ISBN: 0-937175-61-7.
    This edition of the book covers the same material, but places special
    emphasis on the Motif Window Manager, mwm.
      
Nye, Adrian and O'Reilly, Tim, Volume Four: X Toolkit Intrinsics 
    Programming Manual, O'Reilly & Associates, 1990, ISBN: 0-937175-56-0.  
    A programmer's guide to the X Toolkit, with chapters on and examples 
    of all the major features.

Nye, Adrian and O'Reilly, Tim, Volume Four: X Toolkit Intrinsics 
    Programming Manual, Motif Edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 1992, 
    ISBN: 1-56592-013-9.
    A programmer's guide to the X Toolkit with emphasis on the Motif
    widget set.  This second edition covers X11R5 and Motif 1.2.

Flanagan, David, Editor, Volume Five:  X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, 
    Third Edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 1992, ISBN: 1-56592-007-4.  
    This volume contains reference pages for all X Toolkit functions and the 
    Xaw widget library.  The third edition covers X11R4 and X11R5, and has 
    been substantially revised and improved from previous editions.

Heller, Dan, Volume Six: Motif Programming Manual, O'Reilly & Associates, 1991,
    ISBN: 0-937175-70-6
    This volume is a complete programmer's guide for the Motif widget
    set, and contains quick reference information for all Motif widgets
    and functions.

Heller, Dan, Volume Seven: XView Programming Manual, Third Edition,
    O'Reilly & Associates, 1991, ISBN: 0-937175-87-0.  
    A programmer's guide to the XView Version 3 OPEN LOOK toolkit.

Heller, Dan, Volume Seven: XView Reference Manual, O'Reilly & Associates, 1991 
    ISBN: 0-937175-88-9
    A complete referece manual to XView 3 attributes, functions, and macros.

Mui, Linda and Pearce, Eric, Volume Eight: X Window System Administrator's 
    Guide, O'Reilly & Associates, 1992, ISBN: 0-937175-83-8,  
    ISBN: 1-56592-052-X (with CD-ROM)  
    A book for X system administrators, covering XDM, security, font 
    management, X terminals, building X, etc.  Available with a CD-ROM
    containing the complete X source code.

Cutler, Ellie, Gilly Daniel, and O'Reilly, Tim, The X Window System in a 
    Nutshell, Second Edition O'Reilly & Associates, 1992, ISBN: 1-56592-017-1
    A quick reference guide to Xlib functions datatypes and events, Xt 
    functions and datatypes, and the standard X clients.  The second
    edition is expanded and covers X11R4 and X11R5.

Flanagan, David, Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window 
    System, O'Reilly & Associates, 1991, ISBN: 0-937175-86-2
    A programmer's guide to all the new features in X11R5, with reference
    pages for the new functions.

Gaskins, Tom, PHIGS Programming Manual:  3D Programming in X, O'Reilly & 
    Associates 1992, ISBN: 0-937175-85-4, ISBN: 0-937175-92-7 (hardcover).  
    A complete guide, covering concepts and programming to PHIGS and PHIGS 
    PLUS, with emphasis on the PEX implementation.

Kosko, Linda, Editor, PHIGS Reference Manual: 3D Programming in X, O'Reilly & 
    Associates, 1992, ISBN: 0-937175-91-9
    Reference pages for all PHIGS functions, derived and edited from the
    MIT release.