| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 258.1 | Courses in Munich | TBD1::BURLEIGH | Human life begins at conception | Tue Feb 21 1989 09:46 | 6 |
| An introductory DECwindows programming course is being offered
on a regular basis at the training centre in Munich. I think
Fritz (MUNEDU::)Boecker can direct you to more specific information.
Dave
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| 258.2 | Here's a few pointers | GALVIA::BREATHNACH | That's OK in practice, but will it work in theory? | Tue Feb 21 1989 10:01 | 47 |
| You should check out a few notes conferences for pointers to manuals.
DW_EXAMPLES
DECWINDOWS_PROGRAMMING
UIL-DRM
DWICS
UIGEN
DECWINDOWS_OLD
DECWINDOWS_FT1
DECWTOOLKIT
XTOOLKIT
X
XUI
Check out the nodes in easylist.lis.
Check this notes conference (eg note 229 (I think))
[DIR *.* /title="*docu*"", DIR *.*/title=""manu*"", etc"-
There are several manuals dealing with:
X
UIL
DECWTOOLKIT programming
Introductory DECwindows Programming etc
Style Guide
There are a few people in Reading who should know a thing or two.
(Nothing like eyeball contact)
Check out VOGON::MACDERMOTT (Eamon)
Geof Goodenough et al.
A quick peruse of the various notes conferences will show you
some local talent.
I assume you know C.
Finally, you need time, *lootttssss* of it!!
Regards,
Brian.
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| 258.3 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Ad Astra | Tue Feb 21 1989 10:29 | 7 |
| Look at some of the example programs in DECW$EXAMPLES: as well. And don't
automatically assume that you have to know C. I would recommend against
C unless you have overriding requirements for it as a language. Look
at the Ada examples.
Steve
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| 258.4 | Don't overlook layered products | A6INTR::SOCHA | Out in the Field | Tue Feb 21 1989 11:35 | 8 |
| Since this sounds like a realtime application, you may want to
look at the VAXlab software with its GKS support.
For internal software, you could look into the GObE widget (Graphic
Object Editor) - check out the Conference CLT::GOBE-WIDGET.
Kevin
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| 258.5 | Getting started with DECwindows user interface design | KOBAL::GOOD | Michael Good | Wed Feb 22 1989 10:32 | 18 |
| Here are some quick suggestions for getting started on the user interface
design for your DECwindows application. It involves getting interface
design ideas from your users, from other DECwindows applications, and
from competitive applications.
Interview some of the intended users of this system to understand the way
that they are currently doing this work. This will give you good input
about the type of functions that the product needs to support.
If you're not already using DECwindows, start using it as soon as possible.
Try using as many different applications as you can. This will be important
for designing a user interface for your product that will be consistent with
the DECwindows style. The XUI Style Guide is a decent starting point,
but no book can convey the dynamic experience of using DECwindows software.
If there are competitive products around, especially on the Macintosh,
look at those too.
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| 258.6 | | WATERS::LEVINE | it's turtles all the way down | Wed Feb 22 1989 17:08 | 6 |
| The one manual I found most useful when getting started was the DECwindows
Guide to Application Programming. But code examples were even more helpful.
I relied greatly on DECburger and the GObE sample programs to get me going.
-Lance-
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| 258.7 | Any time you're passing ... | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | | Fri Apr 07 1989 06:19 | 11 |
| Sorry to be so late in responding, but I've only just realized my seen
map was screwed up - I thought this conference had been a bit quiet
lately!
It's worth spending a good proportion of your design time just getting
your user interface exactly as you want it, by prototyping. We are
using just such a system to prepare the UI specification for our
project. If you want to call upstairs we can demonstrate it to you.
Jeff.
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