Re: Helping AfterStep devellopment

Albert Dorofeev albert@mail.dma.be
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:08:18 +0100 (CET)


Ethan writes:
> 
> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Jeroen Asselman wrote:
> 
> > We (me and another person I know) would like to help with AfterStep 
> > (actually making a start into rewriting into C++). However, we have got 
> > a few problems. Although we do have experience with C(++) we are not 
> > familiar with programming for the X interface. Could you perhaps send 
> > an URL or Titles of a Programmers book, we could take a look at?
> 
> I'd suggest the documentation that comes with X as a guide, both the 
> PostScript docs and man pages.  The PostScript can be found here, in 
> case you don't have it:
> 
> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.3/source/X333src-3.tgz

I would also suggest this Xlib manual :
http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/

And welcome to the throng! :)
Tigr

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