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Preface

1.  Introducing the ToolTalk Service

2.  An Overview of the ToolTalk Service

3.  Message Patterns

4.  Setting Up and Maintaining the ToolTalk Processes

5.  Maintaining Application Information

6.  Maintaining Files and Objects Referenced in ToolTalk Messages

7.  Participating in ToolTalk Sessions

8.  Sending Messages

9.  Dynamic Message Patterns

10.  Static Message Patterns

11.  Receiving Messages

12.  Objects

13.  Managing Information Storage

14.  Handling Errors

A.  Migrating from the Classing Engine to the ToolTalk Types Database

B.  A Simple Demonstration of How the ToolTalk Service Works

C.  The ToolTalk Standard Message Sets

D.  Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

Index

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maintaining specs, Maintaining Object Specs
maintaining ToolTalk files and databases, Maintaining ToolTalk Files and Databases
managing files that contain object data, Managing Files that Contain Object Data
managing object and file information, Managing Files that Contain ToolTalk Information
manually starting a session, Starting a ToolTalk Session
mapping functions, filename, Using the ToolTalk Filename Mapping Functions
marking information for storage, Marking Information for Storage
marking the ToolTalk API stack, Examining Messages
merging compiled ToolTalk type files into running ttsession, Installing Type Information
merging type information, Installing Type Information
message, delete, Sending a Message
message attributes, Message Attributes
message attributes, comparing to pattern attributes, Message Pattern Attributes
message callback, Callback Routines
message callbacks, Callback Routines
message callbacks, adding, Adding Message Callbacks
message delivery
object-oriented algorithm, Object-Oriented Message Delivery
process-oriented algorithm, Process-Oriented Message Delivery
message paterns, unregistering, Deleting and Unregistering a Message Pattern
message pattern attributes, Message Pattern Attributes
message patterns
Message Patterns
Message Patterns
adding callbacks to, Adding a Message Pattern Callback
automatically unregistering and destroying, Deleting and Unregistering a Message Pattern
minimum specifications, Message Pattern Attributes
static, Defining Static Messages
updating, Updating Message Patterns with the Current Session or File
message protocol, Modifying Applications to Use the ToolTalk Service
message_status_string, What are the message status elements?
messages
completing, Creating Messages
creating, Creating Messages
creating general-purpose, Using the General-Purpose Function to Create ToolTalk Messages
deleting, Destroying Messages
determining recipients of, Message Patterns
examining, Examining Messages
handling, Message Patterns
identifying and processing easily, Identifying and Processing Messages Easily
methods of addressing, ToolTalk Message Distribution
object-oriented, Object-Oriented Messages
observing, Message Patterns
process-oriented, Process-Oriented Messages
receiving, Receiving ToolTalk Messages
sending
Sending ToolTalk Messages
Sending a Message
messages, retrieving, Retrieving Messages
MIT X, Can I use the ToolTalk service with MIT X?
modifying applications, Adding Inter-Operability Functionality
xedit, Modifying the Xedit Application
xfontsel, Modifying the Xfontsel Application
modifying applications to send messages, Modifying Applications to Send ToolTalk Messages
modifying makefile, Modifying the Xfontsel Application
modifying your application to use the ToolTalk service, Modifying Applications to Use the ToolTalk Service
moving objects between file systems, Moving Object Specs
moving objects between files, Moving Object Specs
multi-threaded environment, Using ToolTalk in a Multi-Threaded Environment
multiple processes, Can I have more than one handler per message?
multiple sessions, storing session ids of sessions, Joining Multiple Sessions
multiple sessions, joining, Joining Multiple Sessions
mv command
Maintaining ToolTalk Files and Databases
ToolTalk-Enhanced Shell Commands