X Training Series Products
Produced by:-
Dr Bob McGonigle
Edinburgh University Computing Services
Tel :- 031 650 4985
e-mail:- Bob_McGonigle@uk.ac.ed
The products described below may be ordered, as indicated,
from the USDU and are also available, from within the UK
Academic community, by anonymous ftp from the Host
xtraining.ed.ac.uk in the directory xtraining/user
(Framemaker format)
Access is possible for university sites not connected to
JIPS through standard academic relay mechanisms.
To order:-
Mrs Jean Burgan
CVCP/USDU
Level 6
University House
Sheffield S10 2TN
Tel:- 0742 725248 Fax 0742 728705
e-mail j.burgan@uk.ac.shef.pa
Price to UK HE Community
X Windows Series:
User Course Materials 110.00 pounds
Motif Course Materials 195.00 pounds
Information Pack 145.00 pounds
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X Window Training Series: User Course Materials
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The user course contains 9 modules, which can be used either
as a whole course covering introductory up to advanced
material, or can be presented as two courses, one elementary
and one advanced.
The elementary course would take users from the stage of no
experience with X, and possibly no experience with windowing
systems, up to competence at using X, with knowledge of the
range of facilities available, a basic understanding of the
client/ server model, history and design strategy, and
knowledge that configuration was possible.
The advanced course would cover the client/server model in
more detail, methods of starting and closing an X session,
function of the window manager, widgets, resources, dot
files and configuration, security, bitmaps and colour.
Elementary modules
What X can do
Introductory 15-minute talk explaining why the X window
system was developed, its functionality, and what to expect
when using it.
Starting to use X
Introductory 3/4 hour practical teaching basic skills of
starting X, using the mouse, manipulating windows, and
starting xterms. Three versions are available, one for each
of twm, mwm and olwm.
Using more of X
Intermediate 3/4 hour practical building on the basic skills
given in "Starting to use X". Includes cut and paste, use
of common clients (e.g. xman, xedit), screendump
facilities, and may include site-specific software. Not
specific to any particular window manager.
Further information about X
Intermediate 1/2 hour lecture expanding the knowledge
imparted during the two elementary practical sessions.
Includes a simple explanation of the client/server model, a
list of clients in the MIT distribution, hardware
requirements, history, design strategy, function of the
window manager, and an indication of configuration
potential.
Advanced modules
Concepts behind X
Advanced 1/2 hour lecture, explaining why the X window
system was developed, the client/server model, client I/O,
location of server and client software, starting the server
software, functions of the window manager, network
transparency, and possibilities of configuration.
How to configure X
Advanced combined talk and practical. The 1/2 hour talk
describes the concepts of widgets, classes, inheritance and
resources, explains the different methods of starting X
(xinit and xdm), how to load resources, and how to customise
window managers. It includes an overview of dot files used.
The 1-hour practical should follow immediately, and provides
details of customisation which are not given in the lecture.
How to configure the window manager
Advanced 1/2 hour practical session covering details of
window manager configuration, with examples. Three versions
are available, one for each of twm, mwm and olwm. It is
anticipated that the next revision of this course will
include versions for other window managers, such as tvtwm.
Advanced uses of X
Advanced one-hour practical covering clients started from
remote machines, the DISPLAY variable, security and
authorisation, and bitmap conversion utilities.
Programming and X
Advanced one-hour talk detailing what is involved in writing
an X application. It will bring out the links between the
events that a user creates and how they are handled in a
program. It will also show how resources are used.
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X Window Training Series: Motif Course Materials
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This is a technical course, aimed at people who will program
or port applications to use Motif and X, or people who need
to know how to do that even if they will not be doing it
themselves. The prerequisites for the course are
familiarity with Unix, C programming and user experience of
a WIMP interface
Trainees will learn to write programs which can generate and
control a display using most of the Motif widgets and can
recognise and react to the user's inputs from the keyboard
and mouse. They will be able to: use the X and Motif
documentation; choose sensibly how to obtain any required
effect (e.g., whether to use Motif, Xt, or Xlib); plan and
advise on the general capabilities of Motif and X; and
extend their knowledge and skills by further reading and
experience.
The Motif course contains 16 modules, and is designed to
take four days. The material provided might well occupy more
time, depending on the audience and on the presenter's own
style. In that case, sections can be skimmed through or
skipped altogether, at the lecturer's discretion. The
trainees' workbooks contain enough information to make them
readable and useful in a self-teaching capacity. A separate
glossary will also be provided.
The modules are:
Introduction and background
1 1/2 hour talk introducing structure and components of X
and Motif, and the essential concepts for Motif programming
- the X client-server model, widgets, and the callback
mechanism.
Basic features of X and Motif Programming
3/4 hour talk surveying the structure of a simple Motif
program; introducing some basic Motif programming
mechanisms; and discussing the callback mechanism in depth.
Programming with widgets and callbacks
1 3/4 hour practical exercise consolidating the skills
needed for program development: familiarisation with
environment and user interface; handling simple callbacks;
changing resources of widgets; and programming simple
dialogs.
Widgets, resource files and callbacks
1 1/2 hour talk surveying widget classes, resource files,
and more general methods of callback handling.
Using resource files and some more widgets
2 hour practical exercise using: resource files; and
Command, FileSelectionBox, Frame, Label, RowColumn and Text
widgets. The practical demonstrates the sophistication of
the user interface facilities that are available with
minimal programming.
Using the manuals and other topics
1 hour talk giving a guide to the Motif documentation. The
talk also introduces action routines, translations,
VirtualBindings, shells and top-level windows, and
reparenting.
Building a complete user interface
3 hour practical exercise based on extensive use of manual
pages. The practical uses MainWindow and ScrolledList
widgets, and PulldownMenus, and introduces mnemonics and
accelerators.
Filling in the details
1 1/2 hour talk covering miscellaneous topics: color,
pixmaps, etc.; gadgets; retrieving information from widgets;
create, manage, realize, map and iconize; freeing space;
VarArgs functions.
Methods, actions and translations
3/4 hour talk covering: how methods and actions are invoked;
tables, look-ups and translations involved; what can be
specified by the class and the instance and the client
program.
Drawing, expose and resize
1 hour talk describing; Xlib drawing functions; drawables:
windows and pixmaps; graphics context; copying, clipping and
clearing; and expose and resize callbacks, and associated
data.
Laying out child windows
1 hour talk covering geometry and associated resources; and
the DrawingArea, RowColumn, PanedWindow and BulletinBoard
widgets.
The Form widget
1 1/2 hour talk describing: attachments; OPPOSITE; multiple
attachments; ATTACH_FORM; ATTACH_POSITION; offsets; rules
for using Forms; relationship between geometry and
attachments; ATTACH_NONE; attachments and gadgets; and
resizing children.
The Text widget
1 1/2 hour talk covering: simple uses; editing interface;
important resources; sharing one text source between more
than one text widgets; callbacks; and verification. It also
introduces the TextField and ScrolledText widget classes.
Focus and tab groups
3/4 hour talk describing: pointer-driven and click-to-type
policies; motif default behaviour; tab groups and keyboard
navigation; and controlling the navigation order from a
program.
Using Form and Text
3 hour practical using the Form and Text widgets, and
exploring translations and tab groups.
Filling in more details
3/4 hour talk including the topics: Border; frame;
highlight; margin; shadow; Font names ; and your own widget
classes.
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X Window Training Series: Information Pack
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There are 4 volumes in the Information Pack.
Manual pages for mit clients.
This volume contains information on clients found in the
mit/clients directory.
Manual pages for contrib clients
This volume contains information on clients found in the
contrib/clients directory.
Other manual pages
This volume contains information on the general manual
pages, the games and demos, and, possibly, any local
additions.
Bibliography, glossary and other information
This volume contains a bibliography, glossary, and selected
frequently asked questions.
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