Date: Sat, 28 Mar 87 00:54:49 EST From: NeWS-makers-request@brillig.umd.edu To: news-makers@brillig.umd.edu Subject: SunDew paper, and USENIX Proceedings A paper by James Gosling about SunDew (now known as NeWS), called "SunDew: A Distributed and Extensible Window System", appears in the book "Methodology of Window Management" (ed. F.R.A. Hopgood, Springer-Verlag (1985)), which is the proceedings of an Alvey Workshop held in April of 1985, in Abingdon, UK. It contains papers by Gosling, Rosenthal, and Teitelman, and others, about several window systems, including SunDew, SunWindows, Andrew, SmallTalk, Pilot, Cedar, Saphire, and more. Owen Densmore's paper, "Object Oriented Programming in NeWS" appears in the Monterey Graphics Proceedings (Nov. 1986). From: peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter Salus) Subject: USENIX Proceedings Keywords: USENIX, Proceedings, Graphics, Washington DC Date: 18 Feb 87 18:02:15 GMT Organization: USENIX Association, El Cerrito, CA There have been several inquiries concerning USENIX proceedings. The Washington, DC, Proceedings are available at $20/copy, US and Canadian postage included. For *overseas* delivery add $5/copy surface mail, $25/copy airmail. The Monterey Graphics Proceedings (Nov. 1986) are available at $10/copy; plus $5/copy overseas surface mail, $15/copy airmail. All orders must be prepaid in US dollars (checks payable on a US bank). Orders should be sent to USENIX Association PO Box 7 El Cerrito, CA 94530 All other USENIX proceedings (*except* San Diego, 1983, and Toronto, 1983) are still available, though the numbers still available vary widely. There is a full list in each bimonthly issue of ;login:. If you need further information, inquire of usenix!office or phone 415-528-UNIX. There are also some (not many) back issues of ;login: available at $3/copy. Peter H. Salus Executive Director Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 23:03:41 EDT To: NeWS-makers@brillig.umd.edu Subject: more references to learn PostScript From: scout%zyzzyva@Sun.COM (David LaVallee) The point should be made that PostScript is VERY worth learning regardless of the learning resources you have available. This message will enumerate a number of the resources I have called on to teach PostScript language and NeWS. I have the bias of having been a graphic designer before getting into this computer stuff. PostScript is found in "many" (understatement intended) printers at a variety of resolutions and numbers of colors. All of the window systems of the (near, and past-present) future leverage PostScript in some fashion. In the early days of PostScript my development environment consisted of the Adobe "Blue" book, and cat-ing files to the LaserWriter, counting the number of times the yellow light blinked to determine how far my program had got. The situation is much better today: The Bible: Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Reference Addison-Wesley the "Red" book Beginner-Intermediate: Book: D Holzgang, Understanding PostScript Programing Sybex Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Tutorial and CookBook Addison-Wesley the "Blue" book MacSW: -LaserTalk, by Emerald City Software -the Cricket products -Adobe Illustrator -Aldus Freehand (appologies if I've left out any, it's just that I don't follow Mac software availability too closely) Advanced Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Program Design Addison-Wesley the "Green" book (I can't wait for the cyan, yellow, and magenta books) Book: Bove, Davis, Rhodes: Adobe Illustrator, official handbook Bantam Computer Books especially chapter 6... Paper: O Densmore: Object Oriented Programming in NeWS Nov. 1986, USENIX Monterey Computer Graphics Workshop SW: NeWS on Sun, SGI, Mac, Amiga, VAX, RT, ISI, OS2, etcetera. Also of interest: Book: Alex White: How to Spec Type published by Watson-Guptill, a good introduction to Graphic Design with a bent on typography. Book: S Ambron, and K Hooper: Interactive Multimedia Microsoft Press Book: G Holzmann: Beyond Photography, the Digital Darkroom Prentice Hall (more on this one later) --scout Date: Sat, 22 Oct 88 23:59:07 EDT To: NeWS-makers@brillig.umd.edu Subject: Re: more references to learn PostScript From: uhccux!lee@humu.nosc.mil (Greg Lee) >From article <8809300004.AA02405@zyzzyva.sun.com>, by scout%zyzzyva@SUN.COM (David LaVallee): Thanks for the references. But I'd like to disrecommend: " Book: D Holzgang, Understanding PostScript Programing " Sybex Not enough examples, mostly repeats material in the Blue book, condescending tone ("Now we're going to examine the concept of ..."). Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu Date: Fri, 25 Aug 89 19:49:32 -0400 To: NeWS-makers@brillig.umd.edu Subject: NeWS bibliography From: lorelei!lemay@sun.com (Laura Lemay) This is a list of books which people from all over have recommended to me News Programmer's Guide Adobe PostScript Books: Red, blue, green The NeWS Book (Gosling, Rosenthal, Arden) PostScript: Inside PostScript (Merritt, Braswell) Understanding PS programming (?) PostScript Programmer's Reference Guide Real World PostScript (?) The PostScript Journal Object-Oriented Programming & SmallTalk: Object-Oriented Programming on the Macintosh (Schmucker) A Taste of SmallTalk (Kaehler & Patterson) An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and SmallTalk (Wiener & Pinson) OOP in Common Lisp (Keen) Object Oriented Software Construction (Meyer) C++ Primer (Lippman) IEEE tutorials on OOP (Peterson) 1987 Journal of Object-Oriented Programing OOPSLA proceedings Etc: Unix Networking (?) Methodology of Window Management (Hopgood) Windows Usenix Tutorial (Rosenthal) Sun User's Group SEX tape (??) -- news-tape section -Laura Lemay lemay%lorelei@sun.com Redhead. Drummer. Geek. Date: Fri, 25 Aug 89 17:06:05 -0400 To: NeWS-makers@brillig.umd.edu Subject: Open Vistas information From: netjam!krempel@sun.com (Henry Krempel) Open Vistas Association 80 E 11th St Suite 22 NYC Ny 10003 (212) 979-5337 Henry B. J. Krempel Sun Microsystems MS 16-08 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, California 94043