Getting the Right Look and Feel

Table of Contents

1. Getting the Right Look and Feel: An Overview

About the Indigo Magic Look and Feel

Getting the Right Look and Feel: The Basic Steps

2. Getting the Indigo Magic Look

3. Using Schemes

Schemes Overview

Using Schemes in Your Application

Testing Your Application with Schemes

Creating New Schemes

Hard-Coding a Scheme for an Application

4. Using the New and Enhanced Widgets

Using the New and Enhanced Widgets

Using the Widget Demos

The Enhanced Widgets

The Mixed-Model Programming Widgets

The New Widgets

5. Window, Session, and Desk Management

Window, Session, and Desk Management Overview

Implementing an Application Model

Interacting With the Window and Session Manager

6. Customizing Your Application's Minimized Windows

Some Different Sources for Minimized Window Images

Creating a Minimized Window Image: The Basic Steps

Setting the Minimized Window Label

Changing the Minimized Window Image

7. Interapplication Data Exchange

Data Exchange Overview

Implementing the Primary Transfer Model

Implementing the Clipboard Transfer Model

Supported Target Formats

8. Monitoring Changes to Files and Directories

FAM Overview

The FAM Interface

Using FAM

9. Providing Online Help With SGIHelp

Overview of SGIHelp

The SGIHelp Interface

Implementing Help in an Application

Application Helpmap Files

Writing the Online Help

Producing the Final Product

Bibliography of SGML References

10. Handling Users' System Preferences

Handling the Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting

Using the Preferred Text Editor