Motif Programmer's Guide

Preface

• Audience
• Applicability
• Purpose
• Document Usage
• Related Documents
• Conventions
• Problem reporting

Introduction

• The X Window System
• Xlib, Xt, and Motif
• Widget Classes and Hierarchy
• Header Files and libraries

The Motif Programming model

• A user-centered Model
• Seperating Interface from Application
• Building blocks: primitive widgets and gadgets
• Managers
• Shells
• Applications, Top-level widgets, and Dialogs
• Resources: User and program Customization
• Handling Input and Output

Structure of a Motif Program

• Including header files
• Initializing the intrinsics
• Creating Widgets
• Adding callback procedures
• Making widgets visible
• Entering the event loop

Structure of a program using UIL and MRM

• Structure of a UIL module
• Structure of a Program using MRM

Basic Controls

• Core, RectObj, XmPrimitive, and XmGadget
• Labels, Buttons, and Separators
• ScrollBar
• Scale
• List
• Text and TextField

Menus and Options

• Menu Components: Buttons, RowColumn, MenuShell
• MenuBar
• PopupMenu
• PulldownMenu
• OptionMenu
• RadioBox and Checkbox
• TearOffMenus

Dialogs

• BulletinBoard and DialogShell
• Making a Selection: SelectionBox
• Choosing a Pathname: FileSelectionBox
• Command
• MessageBox
• Form

Text

• Text and TextField
• Selection
• Text Editing and Callbacks
• Text Resources and Geometry
• Convenience Routines
• ScrolledText
• Storing Text in a File
• Sharing Text Sources

Scrolling, Panes, and Frames

• ScrolledWindow
• Automatic Scrolling
• Application-Defined Scrolling
• Main Window
• Frame
• Paned Window

Managing Geometry

• Xt and Geometry Management
• Shells and their Children
• Manager Widgets and their children
• Managing Geometry Using rowColumn
• Managing Geometry Using BulletinBoard and Drawing Area
• Managing Geometry Using Form

Internationalization

• Issues in Internationalized Applications
• Compound Strings, Fonts, and Text Display
• Localizing Applications
• Advanced Topics in Internationalization

Color and Pixmaps

• Default Colors and Pixmaps
• Application-defined Color generation
• Colormaps
• Using Pixmaps

Input, focus, and Keyboard Navigation

• Focus Models
• Controlling Keyboard navigation
• Translations and Actions
• Mnemonics and Accelerators
• Event Handlers

Graphics and Text in a DrawingArea

• drawingArea: A General-Purpose Widget
• Event Handling and callbacks
• Using a DrawingArea in a Scrolled Window
• Using a DrawingArea for Graphics
• DrawingArea and Advanced Text Editing

Drag and Drop

• User Overview of Drag and Drop
• Technical Overview of Drag and drop
• Drag and Drop Protocols
• Drop Receiver Responsibilities for Dragging
• Drag Initiator responsibilities for Dragging
• Drop Receiver Responsibilities for Dropping
• Drag Initiator Responsibilities for Dropping

Interclient Communication

• Window managers, ICCCM, and Shells
• MWM Properties and resources
• Atom and Protocol Management
• Selections
• The Motif Clipboard

Appendices

• A: The Widget Meta-Language Facility
• B: Drag and Drop Example Program

Glossary

Index