components of the OSF/Motif environment: the Toolkit, window manager, and user interface language.
This manual is for programmers who want to create applications in the OSF/Motif environment.
4.2.2OSF/Motif Style Guide
The OSF/Motif Style Guide (produced by the OSF and published by Prentice Hall) provides a framework of behavior specifications to guide application developers, widget developers, and window manager developers in the design and implementation of products consistent with the Presentation Manager and the OSF/Motif user interface.
This manual establishes consistent behavior among new products by drawing out common elements from a variety of current behavioral models.
This manual is for programmers and interface designers developing OSF/Motif applications who want to present a uniform and usable software interface consistent with other OSF/Motif applications.
4.2.3Programmer’s Guide: STREAMS
The Programmer’s Guide: STREAMS (published by Prentice Hall) provides information on the use of the STREAMS mechanism at the user and kernel levels. It contains introductory information for those who are unfamiliar with the STREAMS mechanism.
This manual addresses topics such as using STREAMS to monitor, control, and poll STREAMS; designing and implementing STREAMS modules and drivers; and using
4.3 Online-Only Documentation
The documentation described in this section is provided on the
Documentation
4.3.1Common Desktop Environment: Application Builder User’s Guide
The Common Desktop Environment: Application Builder User’s Guide introduces the Application Builder and explains how to use it to build CDE applications. Because the Application Builder helps to easily create and modify user interfaces, it is a powerful tool for programmers, user interface designers, and project managers.
Programming Documentation