The UNIX® CRONicle |
July 1998 |
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998 at 6:30 PM
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
| 6:30 PM | Tutorial | X Resource Files by Stan Balwin |
| 7:00 PM | Call For Help | (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) |
| 7:15 PM | Social, off-line conversations, & book sales | |
| 7:30 PM | Presentation | Rapid Motif Development using Motif Tools (libXmt) by Scott Nesler, Daugherty Systems |
Rapid Motif Development using Motif Tools (libXmt) by Scott Nesler, Daugherty Systems
Motif Tools (Xmt) is a software library that makes developing Motif user interfaces much easier. Xmt consists of several new widgets and many convenience functions that aid in user interface development. Motif tools is a much friendlier environment to build GUI's than straight Motif. One of the prime advantages of Xmt is that it allows most of the user interface to be specified in a resource file. This resource file can be used to do rapid prototypes without having to write a line of C code. In addition, Xmt provides a mechanism to automatically transfer data between dialog boxes and application code, a feature that makes interfacing the code and user interface very modular and much easier than traditional methods. Scott will demonstrate Motif tools, some of the widgets and how to use them, strategies for simplifying Motif development, and where to get Motif tools and documentation.
Scott Nesler is a consultant for Daugherty Systems. Scott has spent most of his career doing GUI development on UNIX systems, first using Xlib directly, then Motif, and for the last 4 years Motif tools. He has built GUIs for both scientific and business applications and has helped other programmers to learn how to develop GUIs also.
X Resource Files by Stan Balwin
The tutorial will be by SLUUG member Stan Balwin. Stan will discuss X resource files: How to find them. How to specify resources.
| Main Meeting | July 8, 1998 at 6:30 PM Sunnen Products 7910 Manchester St. Louis, MO |
| Steering Committee | July 14, 1998 at 6:00 PM Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO |
| Linux SIG | July 16, 1998 at 7:00 PM Topic and speaker to be announced... Indian Trails Library 8400 Delport Drive (at Midland) |
| CTI SIG | August 5, 1998 at 6:30 PM No meeting in July! Bridgeton Trails Library - 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) |
The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester.
Directions From Downtown
(NOTE: A security guard from Sunnen is scheduled to be at the door from 6:20 PM to 7:20 PM to allow entry. After 7:20, the door will be unattended and attendees may not be able to enter.)
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.
The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Indian Trails Public Library.
The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group.
Topic and speaker to be announced...
Visit the Linux SIG home page (http://www.stllinux.org/) for the latest meeting details.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:
Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
(at Midland)
(314)-428-5424
| From 170: | Exit Page east to North-South Rd., go left on North-South Rd. to Midland, go left on Midland one block to Delport, the Library is on your left (see map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/). |
For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinux.org/ or contact Matthew Feldt at linux@www.feldt.com.
The next CTI SIG meeting will be Wednesday, August 5, 1998. There will be no meeting in July.
The Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Users Group is a non-profit organization open to developers, end-users, sales people, and others who share the common interest of melding the telecommunications and computing worlds.
| Next meeting date/time: | Wednesday, August 5, 1998; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx) |
| Location: | Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) (see map at http://www.ctitek.com/index/libmap.html) |
| Cost: | None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge. |
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)878-9855.
The Digital Alpha SIG is for those interested in Digital UNIX and the DEC Alpha architecture. Visit the Digital Alpha SIG's home at http://www.sluug.org/~newton/asighome.html for more information.
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.
For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Ed Wehner wehner@mail.sluug.org.
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Next meeting details:
When: Thursday, July 9, 1998, 6:30 PM Where: Edward Jones South Campus, I-270 & Manchester Speaker: Eric Burke, Object Computing, Inc.
Eric Burke, a Java consultant with Object Computing, Inc., will speak about Design Patterns using Java. Here is a high level outline of the presentation:
Source code for the examples will be provided on our web page, and a Java demonstration will illustrate how the Observable pattern can be used to create highly modular, dynamic GUIs.
NOTE: Our July 9 meeting will be held at the Edward Jones south campus, on the Northeast corner of Manchester and I-270. Go to the main auditorium on the first floor.
The Saint Louis Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) invites you to a discussion of:
Mobile Computing and Digital Cellular, by Kenneth Burns of Kalba International
Monday, July 13th, 1998 Social & Dinner: 5:30 PM. Program: 6:15 - 7:45 PM Grones Cafeteria: 4409 Woodson Rd, 423-7880
Abstract: Mr. Burns will be presenting the state of Mobile Communications and Digital Cellular as he see it here in the United States and around the world. He will cover some of the recent history and compare the US approach to the European model. He will also discuss how smart cards fit in to this arena and methods of authentication.
Biography: Mr. Burns has been an instructor in Information Technology and Advanced Databases. He prepares presentations on cellular business cases with emphasis on financial performance, market strategy, subscriber growth, price discounting, and reseller market. He also conducts in country field research for cellular investors in Hunan China and in central Bazil. He has researched data bases of the UN, World Bank, and the US Census Bureau on micro- and macro-level data products. He was a manager for SBC, management consultant for Booz-Allen & Hamiliton. He holds multiple MAs from University of Pennsylvania and a BA and MA from Fordham University.
Arrangements: Begin the cafeteria style dinner and social when you arrive. Dinner and FREE lecture are in the back room. Non-members are welcome. No registration. Bring a friend!
MEETING HOST: Object Computing, Inc. (OCI)
TOPIC: JavaBeans
DESCRIPTION: JavaBeans is a specification for creating reusable software components using Java. Unlike proprietary component architectures, "Beans" are portable to any hardware platform and operating system that supports Java. This presentation will explain what JavaBeans are and provide examples of how Beans influence OO software development. No knowledge of Java programming is neccesary.
PRESENTER: Eric Burke is a Java consultant and trainer with Object Computing, Inc. Eric has given numerous presentations on JavaBeans and has developed a two day course on programming with JavaBeans.
DATE: Thursday, July 16, 1998 TIME: 4:30-6:30 p.m. PLACE: OCI DIRECTIONS: From Interstate 270 - Exit onto Olive Blvd. West - Turn right at the second stoplight, Woodcrest Executive Drive - OCI is located on the second floor of the Mercantile Bank Building, Suite 250
A map to our facilities can be located at http://www.ociweb.com/oci_map.html
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUESTED (for planning purposes). Please RSVP to: oosig@insight-tech.com
| Address Changes and Membership |
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| SLUUG Treasurer | Steve Pautz | steve@mail.sluug.org
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| Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) |
Tony Zafiropoulos | Phone: (314)878-9855
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| Linux | Matthew Feldt | Home: (314)429-5433
http://www.feldt.com linux@www.feldt.com |
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