The Joy of X: An Overview of the X Window System - Couverture souple

Mansfield

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0201565129 ISBN 13 : 9780201565126

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 1993

Synopsis

ARE YOU *A system manager who needs to understand X architecture tools and techniques? *An IT director or manager deciding whether your organization should go the X route? *A programmer who wants an overview of X before exploring the system in detail? *Involved in technical support and looking for an understanding of how X works? *Confused by the GUI wars between OPEN LOOK and Motif? *Involved in sales or marketing and need to understand your customers? THEN THE JOY OF X IS FOR YOU It provides an introduction to the X Window System, the de facto standard windowing system for workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers running UNIX, MS and other operating systems. THE JOY OF X pulls together material from a wide range of sources to provide a complete picture of the system so that you can understand the important features and issues.F EATURES INCLUDE: *Topic coverage divided into three sections: X in a nutshell - a quick managers' overview How X works, in detail, and how the user sees it Using the system, system administration, performance and programming *Written in a clear, uncomplicated style, and containing over 200 illustrations for maximum accessibility *A flexibile, modular structure that makes it easy to skip to the sections that interest you and avoid technical details that don't

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

ARE YOU

• A system manager who needs to understand X architecture tools and techniques?
  
• An IT director or manager deciding whether your organization should go the X route?
  
• A programmer who wants an overview of X before exploring the system in detail?
  
• Involved in technical support and looking for an understanding of how X works?
  
• Confused by the GUI wars between OPEN LOOK and Motif?
  
• Involved in sales or marketing and need to understand your customers?
  
  THEN THE JOY OF X IS FOR YOU
  
  It provides an introduction to the X Window System, the de facto standard windowing system for workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers running UNIX, MS and other operating systems. THE JOY OF X pulls together material from a wide range of sources to provide a complete picture of the system so that you can understand the important features and issues.
  
  FEATURES INCLUDE:
  
  
• Topic coverage divided into three sections:
  X in a nutshell - a quick managers' overview How X works, in detail, and how the user sees it Using the system, system administration, performance and programming
• Written in a clear, uncomplicated style, and containing over 200 illustrations for maximum accessibility
  
• A flexibile, modular structure that makes it easy to skip to the sections that interest you and avoid technical details that don't

 

Revue de presse

"I find this book extraordinary. It's one of the first books on
X which addresses questions of information systems policy with
respect to the X Window System...It will advance the case of X
and open systems by making the interesting issues more
accessible..."
Oliver Jones
"THE X WINDOW SYSTEM: A USER'S GUIDE shines like a beacon. It
caters for the intelligent non-programmer, the person who can do
more than just click buttons and menus but doesn't want to dive
into code..."
Jon Vogler, SUN UK User

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0201565129
• ISBN 13: 9780201565126
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: GS1 Slovakia; https://www.gs1sk.org; ; Nantersk� 23; Žilina; 010 08; Slovaquie