From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: X Conference Information Message-ID: <871219152556.8.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 19 Dec 87 20:25:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 166 Since I've been having trouble reaching all registrants by direct mail paths, I'm also sending the agenda to this list. Anyone not yet registered who wants to do so should send mail to xconference@zermatt.lcs.mit.edu giving name, postal address, phone number, and which if any of the tutorials you want to attend. The conference is (still, as of this writing) free. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 9:00-12:15 Room 26-100 Tutorial: Introduction to Programming the X Window System with Xlib Suggested reading: "The X Window System," ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol 5, No. 2, April 1986, pp79-109 Scheifler and Gettys "A Simple X11 Client Program, or, How hard can it really be to write `Hello, World'?" David Rosenthal (if you don't have a copy, send a message with subject "send etc hw" and empty body to xstuff@apx.lcs.mit.edu) Perhaps browse parts of Xlib: C Language X Interface (Gettys, Newman, Scheifler). Perhaps a text on raster graphics, such as Foley and Van Dam or Newman and Sproull. 13:45-17:00 Room 26-100 Tutorial: The Xtk Toolkit Suggested reading: everything for the above tutorial (plus good familiarity with Xlib) nodding familiarity with concepts of object-oriented programming Perhaps attempt to read X Toolkit Library - C Language Interface (Xtk Intrinsics) 19:30-21:30 Room 10-250 Organizational Meeting: X Users Group THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 08:30-12:35 Kresge Auditorium Talks Shared X: X In A Distributed Group Work Environment (HP) Integrating X Into A Multi Window-System Environment (Apollo) Implementation Experiences With X11 On A High Performance Workstation (DEC) The BE2 (Andrew) Toolkit (CMU) A User Interface Editor for the X Window System (DEC) A Rapid Prototyping System Using The Xtk Toolkit (CMU) Pickling Widgets - Some Extensible Enhancements For The Xtk Toolkit (Masscomp) 12:35-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:05 Kresge Auditorium Talks SWIFT: SPS WIndow Facility Toolbox (TRW) Counterpoint: A Reasoning Based Graphics Toolkit (AT&T Bell Labs) An HP Widget Set For The X Toolkit (HP) Digital's Xtoolkit Extensions (DEC) 16:10-18:00 rooms to be announced Birds Of a Feather sessions Xtk Toolkit Server Implementors Computer Conferencing Documentation X and Ada Image Processing PostScript And Display PostScript UIMSes Versus Toolkits FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 08:30-10:05 Kresge Auditorium Talks Testing And Validation (X Testing Consortium) X3D-PEX Extension (PEX Architecture Team) 10:30-12:00 rooms to be announced Birds Of a Feather sessions BE2 Toolkit Window Managers X Servers On Diskless Terminals X and Lisp International And Internationalization Concerns 3D Video Testing And Validation Fonts 12:00-13:20 Lunch 13:20-16:00 Kresge Auditorium Talks Live Video In X (Parallax Graphics) The X11/NeWS Server: a Design Overview (Sun) The Siemens RTL Tiled Window Manager (Siemens) Window Managers in X11 (DEC) The MIT X Consortium (MIT) Here is an approximate map of the area (not to scale). The numbers (10, 26, 34, 36, 38) are MIT building numbers. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ M \ \ \ \ A \ \ \ \ I \ \ \ \ N \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S \ \ \ \ T \ \ \ \ R \ \ \ \ E \ \ \ \ E \ \ \ \ T \ -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------\ \ VASSAR STREET -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------- | | ------------ | | M | | FAIRCHILD BUILDING | | A | | ----| 36 | | S | | 38 |34 ----------- | S | ------------| ---| | | A | | | STUDENT | C | | | CENTER | H | | | | U | | | | S | | -------- | E | | | | T | | 26-100 | | T | | | | S | ------------- | | --------- | A | | 10-250| | V | ------|2nd flr|---- KRESGE | E |77 Mass Ave. AUDITORIUM | N | ---| |--------------- | U | | E | |------------------------------| | | AMHERST STREET | | ---------------------------| | | D | | | | A | | | | N | | | | F | | | | O | | | | R | | | | T | | | | H | | | - ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- MEMORIAL DRIVE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------