Solaris Common Desktop Environment
The Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Programmer's Guide is also part of the CDE Developer's Collection that is shipped on the Solaris documentation CD.
OSF/Motif Information
OSF/Motif Programmer's Guide, Release 1.2 Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1993. The Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Guide describes how to use the OSF/Motif application programming interface to create Motif applications. It presents an overview of Motif widget set architecture, explains the Motif toolkit, and gives models and examples of Motif applications.
PostScript Information
This set of books is essential for successfully developing PostScript applications.
The PostScript Language Reference Manual (Second Edition) is the standard reference work for PostScript. It is the definitive documentation of every operator, Display PostScript (DPS), Level 1, and Level 2. The book covers the fundamentals of PostScript as a device-independent printing language. The special capabilities for handling fonts and characters in PostScript are explained. The book's Appendix E also explains standard character sets and encoding vectors. It discusses the organization of fonts that are built into interpreters or supplied from other sources.
Programming the Display PostScript System with X is for application developers who are working with X Windows and Display PostScript. The book documents how to write applications that use Display PostScript to produce information for the screen display and the printer output. It describes coding techniques in detail.
The X Window System has been extended with the X Display PostScript system (often described as X/DPS). It uses application-callable libraries on the client side and corresponding extensions on the X server side.
Internationalization Process Under the Solaris Operating Environment
Tuthill, Bill, and David Smallberg. Creating Worldwide Software: Solaris International Developer's Guide, 2nd edition. Mountain View, California, Sun Microsystems Press, 1997. Available through books@sun.com and www.sun.com/books/. The book offers a general overview of the internationalization process under the Solaris operating environment.
Accessing Sun Documentation Online
The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output | Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output | machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value | To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 | Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. | Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell | Prompt |
|---|---|
| C shell prompt | machine_name% |
| C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
| Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
| Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |