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Part 2 — Development Environment Overview

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2 Development Environment Considerations
Common Desktop Environment Characteristics
Underlying Foundations
Running Existing Applications
Libraries and Header Files
Demo Programs
Man Pages
Development Environment Directory Structure
3 Developing an Application
Levels of Desktop Integration
Desktop Naming Conventions
Public and Private Interfaces
Guidelines for Common Desktop Environment Databases
Application Initialization and libDtSvc
Application Builder
Demo Programs
4 Portability and Maintenance
Portability Issues
Standards
Makefiles
File-Naming Conventions
Display Support
Common Desktop Environment Motif Widget Binary Compatibility Guidelines
5 Basic Application Integration
Basic Integration Features
Organization of Basic Integration Information
Basic Integration Tasks
6 Recommended Integration
Help System
For Authors
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
ToolTalk Messaging Service
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Session Manager
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Drag and Drop
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Internationalization
Demo Programs
Standard Font Names
Application Fonts
Interface Fonts
Demo Programs
Displaying Error Messages from Your Application
How to Present Error Messages
What Information to Present in Error Dialogs
Linking Message Dialogs to Online Help
Using Message Logging
Printing
User Customization Issues
Color Use
Font Use
Accessibility
Mouse Double-Click Speed
Demo Programs
7 Optional Integration
Common Desktop Environment Motif Control Widgets
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Data Typing
Database Loading
Database Queries
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Action Invocation
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Workspace Manager
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Terminal Emulator Widget
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Text Editor Widget
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Calendar
Library and Header Files
Demo Programs
Desktop KornShell (dtksh)
Demo Programs


Integration Technologies
  		 


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