Daniel Gilly Books

Computer professionals increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and other online information sources to solve information pain. Now O'Reilly's CD Bookshelf gives you convenient online access to your favorite books on your CD-ROM drive. The UNIX CD Bookshelfcontains a powerhouse of UNIX Animal books from O'Reilly plus the complete text and software fromUNIX Power Tools-- all readable with your Web browser on a convenient CD-ROM. A bonus hard-copy book,UNIX in a Nutshell, System V Edition, is also included. In addition toUNIX Power Tools, you'll find the complete text of the following books:Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition;Learning the vi Editor, 5th Edition;sed & awk, 2nd Edition;Learning the Korn Shell; andUNIX in a Nutshell, System V Edition. Never has it been easier to learn, or look up, what you need to know online. Formatted in HTML,The UNIX CD Bookshelfcan be read by any Web browser. The books are fully searchable and cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, a master index for the entire library is provided.

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full- screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. This handbook is a complete guide to text editing with vi. Quickly learn the basics of editing, cursor movement, and global search and replacement. Then take advantage of the more subtle power of vi. Extend your editing skills by learning to use ex, a powerful line editor, from within vi. Topics covered include: Basic editing Moving around in a hurry Beyond the basics Greater power with ex Global search and replacement Customizing vi and ex Command shortcuts Also includes a pull-out quick-reference card.

You may have seen UNIX quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything like UNIX in a Nutshell . Not a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest UNIX problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you need.The second edition of UNIX in a Nutshell starts with thorough coverage of System V Release 3. To that, we've added the many new commands that were added to Release 4 and additional commands that were added to Solaris 2.0.Contents If you currently use either SVR3 or SVR4 or are planning to in the future, or if you're a Sun user facing the transition to Solaris, you'll want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quickref on the market, a must for any UNIX user.

Once programmers have mastered the concepts behind X and learned how to program in Xlib and Xt there is still a mass of details to remember.""The X Window System in a Nutshell fills this gap. Experienced X programmers can use this single-volume desktop companion for most common questions, keeping the full X Window System series of manuals for detailed reference. ""X in a Nutshell contains essential information in a boiled-down, quick-reference format that makes it easy to find the answers needed most Command line options and resources for the standard MIT X clients.Calling sequence for all Xlib and Xt functions and macros.Detailed description of structures, enums, and other X data types used as arguments or return values in Xlib or Xt functions.Description of the code inside a basic widget.Quick reference to the event structures.Font name syntax, color names, resource file and translations table syntax, and cursors. This book has been updated to cover R5, but is still useful for R4. The descriptions of the functions have been expanded and clarified, with improved cross-referencing to important related functions. Includes material on Xcms and the internationalization features of R5.