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The generally thought difficult programming in Xlib and Xcb is introduced in a comprehensive manner from program start to finish
This book develops guidelines using small demonstration programs which are adaptable to real-world data visualisation coding
This is one of the first books to cover Xlib for doing the whole job, as opposed to it being mentioned in passing while proceeding to perceived better solutions
The book addresses the question: Can low level X Window programming provide an alternative to tool kits in achieving visualisation goals?
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This is the missing X Window book. While others have shown what the X Window system has available, this book shows how to convert this potential into working tools to fulfil your visualisation needs. It is of the show-me class of books.
The majority of the book covers Xlib, although a short coverage of Xcb is also given. Included are:
. The relationship between Xlib and the X Window protocol;
. All the basic Xlib topics are covered;
. Complete working programs with their results;
. Exercises to reinforce the material just covered.
A 9 part partition to building a complete X program is used throughout. This partitioning fosters the inclusion of all code necessary. All programs are written in C and are one to four pages in length. Open source programs with the occasional Postscript script are shown to provide support as needed. Throughout the examples consideration is given to using colour. The examples produce simple results with the aim of providing building blocks for application oriented codes.The book is directed at graduate students and researchers who create computer code to visualise their data.
Authors and Affiliations
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Yenolam Corporation, Booragoon, Australia
Ross J. Maloney
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Low Level X Window Programming
Book Subtitle: An Introduction by Examples
Authors: Ross J. Maloney
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74250-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74249-6Published: 13 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74250-2Published: 31 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 264
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Programming Techniques, Computer Graphics, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters