The Motif 2.1 Glossary

The Motif 2.1 Glossary contains a list of terms commonly associated with Motif® commands and functions, toolkit, window manager, and user interface language commands and functions.

Applicability

This is Revision 2.1 of this document. It applies to Release 2.1 of the Motif® software system.

Purpose

The purpose of this reference is to provide definitions of terms used in Motif documentation.

Document Usage

This document is organized alphabetically.

Related Documents

For additional information about Motif, refer to the following documents:

1. The Application Environment Specification: User Environment Volume defines a stable set of routines for creating user interface applications.
2. The Motif Style Guide explains the principles of user interface design for application developers.
3. The Motif User's Guide explains how to interact with Motif applications.
4. The Motif Widget Writer's Guide explains how to create Motif widgets.

For additional information about Xlib and Xt, refer to the following X Window System documents:

1. Xlib: C Language X Interface is the specification for Xlib.
2. X Toolkit Intrinsics: C Language Interface is the specification for Xt.

Typographic and Keying Conventions

This document uses the following typographic conventions:

Bold
Bold words or characters represent system elements that an application or user must use literally, such as functions, data types, commands, flags, and pathnames. Bold words also indicate the first use of a term included in the glossary.

Italic
Italic words or characters represent variable values and arguments that an application or user must supply.

Constant width
Examples and information that the system displays appear in this typeface.

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Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard.

ComponentName

Components of the user interface are represented by uppercase letters for each major word in the name of the component, such as PushButton.