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6th Annual Technical Conference on the X Window System
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts
13-15 January 1992
sponsored by the MIT X Consortium
Enclosed is information on tutorials, talks, BOFs, schedule, and registration.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION
We recommend you register early as seating is limited. Advance registration
must be received by 31 December 1991. Tutorial Session assignments are made
on a first-come, first-served basis. Return the registration form and payment
to the following address:
M.I.T. X Consortium
X Technical Conference
545 Technology Sq., Rm. 217
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telefax: 617/258-5221
email:registration@expo.lcs.mit.edu
Please note: email registration will be confirmed by post, *not* by email.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The Program Committee this year consisted of:
Larry Cable, SunSoft, Inc.
Stephen Gildea, MIT X Consortium
Sally Vander Heiden, NCR Corporation
Sam Leffler, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Stu Lewin, Lockheed Sanders, Inc.
Mark Manasse, Digital Equipment Corporation
Tom Paquin, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Randy Pausch, University of Virginia
Garry Paxinos, Metro Link, Inc.
Jeanne Smith, International Business Machines Corporation
Amanda Walker, Visix Software, Inc.
TUTORIALS
The following tutorials will be given on Monday, January 13. You are
permitted to choose EITHER one full day (F-) tutorial, OR one morning (A-)
and/or one afternoon (P-) tutorial. Please include your tutorial selection on
your registration form. You can also indicate an alternate selection, in case
your first choice fills up. If you have already sent in your registration,
you can send in your tutorial selection by electronic mail, or you can reply
to the tutorial selection form that will be sent to you soon.
Tutorial ID: F-TCL
Title: The Tcl Language and the Tk Toolkit
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Instructor: John Ousterhout, U. C. Berkeley
Abstract:
Tcl is a simple shell-like interpretive language whose interpreter is
implemented as a C library package. Both the language and its interpreter
are designed to be embedded in C applications. Tk is a windowing toolkit
with overall functions much like the Xt toolkit (event bindings, widget
creation, geometry management, etc.), but with an implementation based on
Tcl. These two systems provide a powerful environment for programming X
applications:
- Many new applications can be written as short Tcl scripts for a
windowing shell, without writing any C code at all.
- Tcl scripts can be used to modify or re-program any aspect of a
Tk-based application at run-time, including both its interface and its
functionality.
- Different applications can issue Tcl programs to each other at run-time
to achieve powerful forms of communication such as hyper-media and
active objects.
This tutorial will describe (a) how to write Tcl scripts, (b) how to build
X applications as scripts for the windowing shell, (c) how to write C
applications that are based on Tcl, and (d) how to build new widgets and
geometry managers in C using Tcl and Tk. The tutorial will also contain
brief descriptions of actual applications based on Tcl and Tk. Attendees
should be familiar with the C programming language and X basics; working
knowledge of the Xt toolkit may be helpful but is not necessary.
Tutorial ID: F-GLX
Title: Integrating 3D rendering interface into X environment
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Instructors: Phil Karlton, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
Kurt Akeley, Marek Holynski, Silicon Graphics
Abstract:
The tutorial will focus on integrating high performance rendering
techniques into the X Window System environment.
Major issues of realistic, animated 3D scenes rendering using the Iris
Graphics Library will be explained. Coverage of the Graphics Library and X
bindings will provide examples of design trade-offs for integrating a
rendering interface into the X environment and choices of the interface's
semantics. The tutorial will also include a brief presentation of the C API
to the interface.
Tutorial ID: F-INTERVIEWS
Title: Programming with InterViews
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Instructor: Mark Linton, Silicon Graphics
Abstract:
InterViews is a C++ toolkit for the X Window System that supports
resolution-independence across multiple platforms and emphasizes composition
as a way of building user interfaces. The toolkit enables composition of
interactive objects (such as scroll bars and buttons), graphics (such as
circles and polygons), and text (such as characters and paragraphs).
InterViews provides powerful layout mechanisms based on the TeX document
formatting system.
This tutorial uses an example-driven approach to introduce the basic
concepts of InterViews and demonstrate how actual applications are built.
During the course of the tutorial, several InterViews-based applications are
developed. Attendees should be familiar with basic windowing and
object-oriented programming concepts. Familiarity with C++ is desirable.
Tutorial ID: F-OI
Title: Writing X Applications Using the Object Interface (OI) Toolkit
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Instructors: Gary Aitken, Tom LaStrange, Solbourne Computer, Inc.
Abstract:
The OI toolkit is a C++ based toolkit for writing X11 applications which
conform to both the Motif and OPEN LOOK (2D and 3D) user interface models.
A single source is linked with a single library to produce a single
executable. The particular appearance and behavior of the executable is
determined at execution time.
Subclassing to produce user derived classes which work in all models is
easy to accomplish; user derived classes are indistinguishable from those
supplied with the library. Member functions may be used as callbacks as
easily as normal C functions.
The toolkit is dynamic in nature -- objects may be reparented at any time,
allowing a single object to be used in multiple contexts. The X resource
manager is used extensively; resources are fetched dynamically, so objects
reconfigure automatically when reparented in a different context.
Translations, accelerators, mnemonics, and keyboard traversal are supported
in all models; almost no programming effort is needed to make use of these
features.
The tutorial is aimed at the upcoming 3.0 release of the OI library, and
will focus on the following aspects of writing an OI based application:
Building the object tree.
Writing callbacks.
Using the resource mechanism.
Deriving subclasses.
Using the help mechanism.
Time reserved for "how to" questions from current and potential
users.
The tutorial is aimed at an audience already familiar with X and C++
programming in general.
Tutorial ID: A-MOTIF-INTRO
Title: Introduction to Motif Programming
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructor: Eric F. Johnson
Abstract:
The tutorial will introduce the basics of Motif programming, and show you
how to go beyond the basics. We'll create Motif programs and discuss the
format and coding conventions used to develop Motif applications. This is
intended as a practical, programming-intensive technical presentation.
Attendees should have a background in the C programming language, as all
code examples will be in C. A basic familiarity with the X Window System
will also help.
Tutorial ID: A-VIDEO
Title: How to Prepare a Graphics and Video Pate
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructor: Todd Brunhoff, Tektronix Research Labs
Abstract:
There are a number of problems to overcome when integrating video with a
graphics system, in this case, X. These include new visual types, graphics
and video interaction, adding a temporal domain to X, digital video
(compression/decompression), analog video, and synchronization. At least
three different X extensions by different people have chosen many of the
same solutions. This tutorial will introduce the student to several of
these problems and their solutions. Video tapes will be shown for
illustration. Completeness at the cost of simplicity has long been an issue
for any extension. C programming examples from MVEX, a video extension to
X, will be examined. After completing this course the student will:
- have a basic understanding of an X extension
- know three examples of video/graphics hardware, and what they do
- know what comprises any video extension
- be able to identify issues generally agreed upon
- be able to identify controversial issues and the arguments
- understand programming concepts for MVEX
Tutorial ID: A-COLOR
Title: Device-Independent Color, Xcms, and the TekColor Editor
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructors: Joann M. Taylor, Al Tabayoyon, Tektronix, Inc.
Abstract:
In R5, Xlib has been extended to deal with device-independent color. How
does this affect you (the client developer or end-user) and why should you
be concerned? To help answer these questions, this tutorial starts off by
giving you a basic understanding of color fundamentals, device-independent
color, and color management. This is followed by an introduction to color in
X and Xcms. Finally, you will be shown how the TekColor Editor can be used
to increase color control.
Device-Independent Color: An introduction to color fundamentals, the
various device-independent color spaces, and color management on computer
system. The content is directed to those who have had little or no exposure
to device-independent color.
Xcms: For those of you who don't understand how color is finally rendered
onto your screen, we will try to de-mystify the process. We will then show
you how Xlib has been enhanced to accept device-independent color
specifications. As a high-level view of the Xcms architecture is presented,
we will point out the areas where Xcms provides flexibility and
extensibility.
TekColor Editor: A brief introduction to the use of the TekColor Editor
will be followed by programming examples to show you (the client developer)
how to extend your application to accept color change requests from the
TekColor Editor.
Tutorial ID: A-I18N
Title: R5 internationalization support
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructors: Yutaka Kataoka, Waseda University
Bill McMahon, Hewlett-Packard
Glenn Widener, Atlas Telecom, Inc.
Hiroshi Kuribayashi, OMRON Corporation
Masato Morisaki, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Abstract:
This tutorial focuses on the internationalization (I18N) facilities that
are a major new addition in X11R5. To use the R5 I18N facilities, some
know-how is needed both before and after installation. The I18N
specification will be explained so that you can clearly understand it. I18N
topics will be discussed in detail. The architecture for I18N beyond the
locale model will be summarized. Finally, installation method and usage of
the R5 sample implementation is explained in detail with examples.
Tutorial ID: A-GUI-TIPS
Title: Tips on Designing Graphical User Interfaces
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructor: Jarrett Rosenberg, SunSoft, Inc.
Abstract:
Developers designing a graphical user interface are usually faced with
information and guidelines that are either too low-level (e.g., widget
API's) or too abstract (e.g., most books on user interface guidelines).
This tutorial fills that gap by presenting a specific design methodology as
well as numerous tips on such issues as how to make an easily readable
window layout, or how to choose among alternative widgets. The intent is to
provide developers with a useful bag of tricks that will easily yield
improvements in user interface quality. Examples will be drawn from the
Athena widgets, OPEN LOOK, and Motif.
Tutorial ID: A-GEOMETRY
Title: Working with Geometry Management in Xt
Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
Instructors: Ralph R. Swick, Digital Equipment Corporation
Mark S. Ackerman, MIT Center for Coordination Science
Abstract:
Geometry, or layout, management is one of the least understood areas of the
X Toolkit Intrinsics. This tutorial will look at geometry management from a
widget writer's point of view. Issues such as flow of control, parent-child
interdependency and resource handling as applied to geometry management
problems will be examined. Participants will learn how to write a geometry
manager class and how to make effective use of the Constraint class. Widget
design and compatibility issues for geometry management will be examined.
Intended primarily for programmers needing to write a custom layout, the
material is also important for all widget writers to understand what to
expect from the parent widget.
Prerequisites: Xt Programming Experience, and some widget writing
experience. Intended for advanced Xt programmers.
Tutorial ID: P-XIE
Title: XIE - The X Imaging Extension
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructors: Joe Mauro, Bernardo Tagerillio, Digital Equipment Corporation
Arthur Kreitman, Congruent Corporation
Abstract:
The X Image Extension (XIE) tutorial will provide an overview of the
extension proposal, its use in imaging applications, and insight into the
sample extension sever.
The overview will address the motivation behind the proposal, its
objectives, and the approach taken. A brief description of the extension
protocol will be presented.
The applications development section will address the use of XIE in several
applications, and XIE toolkits.
The sample server section will address the structure of the sample
extension server, porting considerations, and use of specialized hardware.
Tutorial ID: P-WIDGETS
Title: Widget Internals: How to Understand and Write Simple Widgets
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructors: Mark S. Ackerman, MIT Center for Coordination Science
Donna Converse, MIT X Consortium
Ralph R. Swick, Digital Equipment Corporation
Abstract:
Coverage: Widget data structures, necessary methods, code structure,
actions and translations, when and how methods are called, resource data
structures, and resource management.
This tutorial is intended to help people read and understand widget source
code. This skill is useful when trying to interpret documentation, to find
bugs in applications, and to customize widget behavior (aka subclassing).
This tutorial should be a good "add-on" to Motif and OpenLook widget
tutorials, since it will help people understand what is behind the GUI
components.
The audience is expected to have some familiarity with applications
programming using any one of the available Intrinsics-based widget sets.
The material will be appropriate to all such widget sets. Knowledge of C
is presumed.
Tutorial ID: P-MOTIF-1.2
Title: Motif 1.2 using X11 Release 5 functionality
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructor: Vania Joloboff, Open Software Foundation
Abstract:
The Open Software Foundation is currently developing a new release of
OSF/Motif (1.2) taking advantage of the recent X11 Release 5 functionality.
This tutorial will emphasize mostly on the new internationalization
features, both those introduced in OSF/Motif and X11 Release 5 . The
tutorial assumes knowledge of the OSF/Motif offering. It does not
pre-requisite knowledge of internationalization. The tutorial starts with a
detailed review of internationalization features in the ANSI C and POSIX
standards that make the basis of X11R5 and Motif 1.2 Then it describes the
new functionality introduced in X and Motif, including the toolkit, the
Window Manager and UIL
The rest of the tutorial focuses on various new Motif features, such as
using the new X per-screen database for fetching resources.
Tutorial ID: P-DPS
Title: Using the Display PostScript Extension to X
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructors: Paul Asente, Jeff Mills, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Abstract:
This tutorial provides an introduction to using the Display PostScript
Extension to X (DPS/X). It covers using DPS/X to achieve effects that are
not easily achievable in X, such as cubic splines, image manipulation,
scalable text at any angle, and true WYSIWYG on the screen. It also
discusses how the PostScript language's device-independent coordinate
system and DPS/X's device-independent color rendering improve application
portability by freeing the application programmer from worrying about the
resolution and color capabilities of the user's display. This tutorial will
also provide extensive information on how to use the Display PostScript
Toolkit for the X Window System, which is included in the R5 contrib
distribution.
Tutorial ID: P-APP-TRAVEL
Title: Developing Applications that Travel Well
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructors: Leo O'Donnell, Bradley Fowlow, Andre Audet,
Visual Edge Software Ltd.
Abstract:
Literature on X Windows and its toolkits abounds, but developers usually
need to "earn their wings" when it comes to getting their applications to
work right. This 1/2 day tutorial will give attendees an understanding of the
issues involved in building interfaces with the popular X toolkits.
Attendees will leave better prepared to get their interfaces to work well.
Topics:
Travel Guide: An introduction to the issues involved in developing
graphical user interfaces.
Fitting it all into the suitcase: A detailed look at creating GUIs that
behave well when they are resized, or when different fonts are used.
Get your passport: Internationalizing your user interface.
Finding your way in a storm: Getting GUIs to work the way you want them to.
Travel Aids: An overview of tools for GUI developers.
Who should attend: Technical managers and software developers who already
have had exposure to X Windows and either the Motif or OPEN LOOK toolkits.
Tutorial ID: P-PEX
Title: PEX programming: a mixture of PHIGS, X & Motif
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructor: Jan C. Hardenbergh, Stardent Computer
Abstract:
This tutorial will present a brief overview of PEX, X, PHIGS89, PHIGS-PLUS,
PEXlib and the other API choices for PEX. Further resources on PHIGS, X,
PEX and Motif will be discussed. Some of the differences between PEX and
PHIGS will be highlighted, for example, immediate mode and mixed mode
graphics. An update on what is happening to PEX 5.1 & PEX 6.0 will be
given.
The remainder of the tutorial will cover the topics needed to create an
application using PEX, X and Motif. A small drawing application will serve
as the basis of the tutorial. The goal is to provide application writers a
headstart in creating applications using PEX/PHIGS, X and user interface
toolkits. The drawing program will also demonstrate structure editing, a
sample PHIGS and PHIGS-PLUS primitives, viewing, lighting and shading,
reading and writing archives and some interactive techniques.
The main topics will include the choice of windows and how to initialize
them, how to get events from the User Interface, how to design the control
loop, how to mix X and PEX graphics to provide appropriate feedback, how to
respond to window system events, how to use PEX utility requests to map
window location to world coordinates and to allow the application to do
picking.
BOFS, Monday, 4:45pm to 6:15pm
The following birds of a feather sessions are currently scheduled:
X and Ada
Stu Lewin, Lockheed Sanders, Jim West, Digital
X11R4->X11R5 Migration and I18N Aspects of X11R5
Kathleen Langone, Digital
X Application Performance Characterization
Ian Elliott, Hewlett-Packard
Wcl
David Smyth, Siemens
Interactive Collaborative Environments
Rodema Ashby, Sandia National Labs
ASK THE EXPERTS, Monday, 8:00pm to 10:00pm
This is your chance to put your questions to the X experts. Who would you most
like to ask questions of? Tell us who they are, and we'll try to have some of
them on stage for you! Send your list of at most five experts to:
xconference@expo.lcs.mit.edu
TALKS, Tuesday, 9:00am to 5:40pm
The following talks are currently scheduled for Tuesday, January 14.
Can You Bet Your Life On X? - Using X Windows for Command and Control Displays
Jeff Malacarne, Hughes Aircraft Company, Displays Laboratory
The GL/X binding
Phil Karlton, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
The XRemote Serial Line Protocol
Dave Cornelius, Network Computing Devices
A PostScript X Server
William Raves, Sunquest Information Systems Inc.
A Smart Frame Buffer
Joel McCormack, DEC Western Research Laboratory
How Not to Implement Overlays
Todd Newman, Silicon Graphics
NFB, Porting Layer for the X Server
Jeff Weinstein, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
The Multi-Threaded X Server
John Allen Smith, Data General Corporation
Prototyping multi-thread-safe Xt and XView libraries
Bart Smaalders, SunSoft, Inc.
Achieving Pixel-Precise Rendering in X
Paul Asente, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Implementing Resolution Independence on top of the X Window System
Mark Linton, Silicon Graphics
Don't Fidget with Widgets, Draw!
Joel F. Bartlett, DECWRL
BOFS, Tuesday, 7:30pm to 9:00pm
The following birds of a feather sessions are currently scheduled:
Multi-threaded X server
John Smith, Data General
Testing X-based software
Mike Turner, Convex, Martha Zimet, Sun
Go
Jacques Davy, BULL
X and Security
Maria Hayes, Bellcore
X.desktop
Michaela Huffer, IXI
End User Programming for X -- Breaking out of the Caste System
Ed Lee, Hewlett-Packard
TALKS, Wednesday, 9:00am to 5:10pm
The following talks are currently scheduled for Wednesday, January 15.
A Keyboard Macro Facility for X
Kuntal G. Rawal, Solbourne Computer, Inc.
Testing Widget Geometry Management
Daniel Dardailler, Motif team, Open Software Foundation
Migrating Widgets
Christian P. Jacobi, Xerox PARC
A Method for Handling Extension Events in Xt
Ralph R. Swick, Digital Equipment Corporation
Implementing Drag and Drop for X
Gabe Beged-Dov, Hewlett Packard
Ellis Cohen, Open Software Foundation
Virtual Screen: A Framework for Task Management
Jin-Kun Lin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Using XTrap to Support People with Manual Disabilities
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
User Interface Through Spoken Language: Recent Development at MIT
Victor Zue, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Attacking the Learning Curve for X: Using SRGP and SUIT to Teach Concepts
Matthew J. Conway, University of Virginia
MuX: An X Co-Existent, Time-based Multimedia I/O Server
Earl Rennison, SRI International
Using X to Display Moving Pictures
Tim Glauert, Olivetti Research Limited
BOFS, Wednesday, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
The following birds of a feather sessions are currently scheduled:
What should be in an X product distribution?
John Hoffman, Digital
Epoch and Emacs under X
Christopher Love, University of Illinois
External Session, Workspace & Icon Management
Ellis Cohen, Open Software Foundation
OpenWindows System and the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface
Stuart Wells, Sun
X386 / X11R5 on Intel Platforms
Mark Snitily, SGCS, Thomas Roell
PEXlib
Jeff Stevenson, Hewlett-Packard
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
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Registration for the Conference will also take place at the Boston Marriott
Copley Place during the following times:
Sunday, 12 January 1992.........3:00pm-8:00pm
Monday, 13 January..............7:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday, 14 January.............7:30am-5:00pm
SESSIONS
All sessions of the conference will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley
Place. There will be no vendor exhibits. The final schedule of individual
talks and birds of a feather sessions is subject to change.
PAYMENT
The registration fee of $80 includes admission to assigned Tutorial Sessions
and all Talk & Discussion Sessions. Payment must be included with advance
registration. Advance registration forms will not be processed without full
payment.
REFUNDS
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Office and received by 13 December 1991. The registration will be refunded
less a $10 processing fee. No refunds will be granted after that date,
however substitutions will be accepted until Friday, 10 January 1992.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & TUTORIAL NOTES
Tutorial Session registration entitles you to one copy of the notes for that
course. Conference registration entitles you to one copy of the conference
proceedings. Advance Registrants must pick up their conference credentials
and materials at the Conference Registration Desk. Individual Tutorial Notes
cannot be ordered in advance, nor are they guaranteed to be available after
the conference. Starting this year, the conference proceedings will be
published as a special issue of the X Resource journal, by arrangement
between the MIT X Consortium and O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
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