Motif 2.1 Documentation

The documentation listed in this section describes Motif 2.1 interfaces. You can purchase these books at your local bookstore.

• OSF Application Environment Specification (AES) User Environment Volume, Revision C, PTR Prentice Hall, 1993.

  Describes the Motif Application Environment Specification. Information on these specifications can also be found in the Motif 2.1 - Programmer's Reference.

• CDE 2.1/Motif 2.1 User's Guide from The Open Group (www.opengroup.org)

  This guide describes the basic features of both the Motif user environment and the Common Desktop Environment. It explains how a user interacts with these features and with Motif and CDE-based applications, as well as how to customize Motif environments and the CDE and how to use the Information Manager to access, read, and search online documentation.

• Motif 2.1 - Programmer's Reference from The Open Group (www.opengroup.org)

  This programmer's reference manual provides reference information for the Motif commands and functions in UNIX-style manual pages. The reference information covers the toolkit (library functions, widget documentation, and resources), the window manager, UI language commands, and the library functions.

• Motif 2.1 - Programmer's Guide from The Open Group (www.opengroup.org)

  These three volumes provide detailed reference descriptions of all Motif programs, Xt widget classes, Xm widget classes, translations, Xm data types and functions, Mrm functions, Uil functions, and file formats.

• CDE 2.1/Motif 2.1 - Style Guide and Glossary from The Open Group (www.opengroup.org)

  This guide provides developers who design and implement new products with a framework of behavior specifications that is consistent with the Motif and Common Desktop Environment (CDE) user interface. This behavior is established by drawing out the common elements from a variety of current behavioral models. The document also includes a comprehensive glossary of terms used in the Desktop Documentation set.