Who Should Use This Book

Read the Programmer's Overview if you are:

• An application developer who wants to develop a new Common Desktop Environment application, or integrate an existing OSF/Motif^\256 or OPEN LOOK^\256 application into the desktop

• A manager, architect, or project lead interested in designing a project involving applications that will run on the Common Desktop Environment desktop

For the remainder of this manual, OSF/Motif and Open Group Motif are generally referred to as Motif\256.