---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Upcomming Book Titles From SunSoft Press SunFLASH Vol 48 #8 December 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an article by Karin Ellison, Publisher of SunSoft Press. It describes the books that will be available from SunSoft Press in 1993. Titles Covers in this article: Solaris Porting Guide ToolTalk and Open Protocols: Inter-Application Communication All About Administering NIS+ Solaris International Developer's Guide Other SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall books under development: Solaris OpenWindows User's Guide (OpenWindows Version 3.1) Solaris OpenWindows DeskSet Reference (OpenWindows Version 3.1) Solaris OpenWindows Desktop Integration Guide (DIG) (OpenWindows Version 3.1) The ToolTalk Service: An Inter-Operability Solution Solaris Application Developer's Guide (AppDevGuide) Solaris System Administrator's Guide Guide to Solaris Other SunSoft Press/Ziff-Davis books under development: -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SunSoft Press is the publishing group within SunSoft that promotes SunSoft and Sun products and technologies through the publication of books for programmers and developers, system administrators and end users. SunSoft Press copublishes its programmer/developer books and manuals with PTR Prentice Hall and its end user/general programmer books with Ziff-Davis Press. All books feature the authorized SunSoft Press logo. These books are available through SunExpress and through local bookstores worldwide. We look forward to providing you with a quality selection of state-of-the-art books that reflect our latest products and engineering trends. Karin Ellison, Publisher, SunSoft Press Note: All book prices and publication dates are subject to change without notice. January 1993. karin.ellison@Sun.COM, (415)336-7384, SunSoft Inc, 2550 Garcia Ave, Mail Stop MTV8-216, Mountain View, CA 94043. 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Massoudi. Paperback; includes a disk, $39.95, ISBN 013-030396-8 Pub date: March/April 1993 This guide provides a comprehensive technical overview of porting to the Solaris environment, including the information necessary to migrate from Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.x) to Solaris 2.x (SunOS 5.0). SunOS is the new SVR4-based operating system which is a component of Solaris. Topics covered include: * Multiprocessing and multithreading (MP/MT) * Real-time functions in the Solaris environment * Writing to the device driver or device kernel interface (DDI/DKI) * Interprocess Communication (IPC) * Standards Compliance * Windows and graphics * Application interoperability (ToolTalk) * Architectural differences (SPARC and Intel) ------------------------------------------------------------ ToolTalk and Open Protocols: Inter-Application Communication ------------------------------------------------------------ by Astrid Julienne and Brian Holtz Paperback, $36.00, ISBN 013-031055-7 Pub date: April 1993 This book discusses how to design, write, and implement good open protocols with examples using ToolTalk as the messaging service. The book's five parts include: Part 1 How Applications Talk with Each Other Part 2 Using ToolTalk Functionality to Design Your Protocols Part 3 Creating ToolTalk Procedural Message Protocols Part 4 Creating ToolTalk Object Message Protocols Part 5 Examples of Good ToolTalk Protocols ---------------------------- All About Administering NIS+ ---------------------------- by Rick Ramsey Paperback, $32.00, ISBN 013-068800-2 Pub date: January 1993 This book is written for network administrators who want to know more about NIS+, which is part of the ONC suite of networking products available in Solaris. This book discusses the capabilities of NIS+, its requirements, how it works, and how to get the most out of it. Explicit step-by-step instructions for performing all the tasks necessary to set up and administer NIS+ are provided. Also included is a planning chapter that provides advice and guidelines for planning the layout and administration of your NIS+ namespace, as well as how to transition to NIS+ from NIS. (MIS managers who want to learn the capabilities and resources of NIS+ will also benefit from reading this book.) The book is divided into three parts: Part 1 - Understanding NIS+: Explains the purpose and benefits of network information services. Compares NIS+ to NIS and DNS. Also describes the Name Service Switch and how to use it with NIS+. Part 2 - Setting Up the NIS+ Service: Provides explicit, step-by-step instructions for setting up the components of an NIS+ namespace from the root domain to individual clients. The setup process has been divided into individual chapters, or "building blocks". You can "build" your namespace by putting together the building blocks that you need. A planning chapter provides guidelines for setting up an NIS+ namespace and transitioning from NIS to NIS+. Part 3 - Using the NIS+ Commands: Describes the NIS+ commands, dividing them into administration categories, such as "commands used to administer credentials" and "commands used to administer groups", and places all commands of a category in their own chapter. Each command description includes a summary of syntax as well as instructions for using is to accomplish specific tasks. Highlights include: * Compares NIS+ to DNS and NIS. * Describes, in detail, the structure of NIS+ objects and security. * Provides planning guidelines. * Provides guidelines for a transition from NIS to NIS+. * Provide modular, fully-tested, step-by-step instructions for setting up different components of a namespace. * Provides easy-to-reference descriptions of NIS+ administration commands. * Full of illustrations, examples, and tips. --------------------------------------- Solaris International Developer's Guide --------------------------------------- by Bill Tuthill Paperback, $30.00, ISBN 013-031063-8 Pub date: March 1993 This book is intended for developers who need to create global applications to run on the Solaris distributed computing environment, for either SPARC or Intel platforms. The book begins with a marketing overview, and continues with chapters explaining how to develop software with the help of SunOS system libraries and the OpenWindows desktop environment. International standards are referenced when possible, and examples include both C code fragments and complete C programs. Graphical user interface design can be done with the X window system and its toolkits OLIT and XView, or with the simpler DevGuide interface generator. Special guidelines are given for major language markets around the world, including the multibyte Asian languages as well as key European languages. Additional chapters are devoted to international documentation guidelines, software localization issues, international standards, and a look into the future. Detailed appendices cover language and territory names, sample programs, keyboard layouts for both SPARC and Intel, library routines, and terminology translation and glossary sections. Special emphasis is placed throughout on: * Expanding software markets worldwide * Global UNIX development * International X windows * Solaris on SPARC and Intel platforms ---------------------------------------------------------- Other SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall books under development: ---------------------------------------------------------- Solaris Implementation (sys admin for F1000 companies) Pub date: summer 1993 Multiprocessing System Design Using SPARC, MBus, and Solaris Pub date: summer 1993 Solaris Book of Answers (Solaris A to Z; end user sys admin) Pub date: May 1993 ---------------------------------------- Manuals from SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall ---------------------------------------- These manuals have been written in a non-platform specific manner; most are appropriate to both SPARC and Intel platforms with a few minor exceptions (for example, Audio Tool requires hardware-specific coverage). Several manuals include material not available in the basic Solaris documentation. Their smaller retail page trim-size is 7-3/8" high x 9-1/8" wide. ---------------------------------------------------------- Solaris OpenWindows User's Guide (OpenWindows Version 3.1) ---------------------------------------------------------- Paperback; price TBA; ISBN 013-035700-6 Pub date: January 1993 This manual describes the OpenWindows Version 3.1 implementation of the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface. It provides the reader with some basic information needed to use OpenWindows, run the DeskSet applications, and customize the OpenWindows environment. Topics covered include: * Basic post-installation procedures that you need to perform to start up the OW environment. * Intro to OW environment: discusses the use of mouse, menus, windows, and other fundamentals. * The 15 DeskSet tools, including Mail Tool, Calendar Manager, File Manager, Command Tool, Text Editor, Clock, Calculator, Print Tool, Audio Tool, Tape Tool, Binder, Snapshot, Icon Editor, Performance Meter, Shell Tool. * OW Troubleshooting information. * How to read manual pages. * Some keyboard modification information. * Internetworking information on applications and DECnet. * AnswerBook documentation. * Glossary of OW terminology. --------------------------------------------------------------- Solaris OpenWindows DeskSet Reference (OpenWindows Version 3.1) --------------------------------------------------------------- Paperback; price TBA; ISBN 013-035718-9 Pub date: January 1993 This manual provides a complete reference to the DeskSet applications for OpenWindows Version 3.1. The DeskSet applications are a set of productivity tools that include a Text Editor, File Manager, Calendar Manager, Mail Tool, and many other useful applications. Topics covered include: * A compete reference on the 15 DeskSet tools, including Mail Tool, Calendar Manager, File Manager, Command Tool, Text Editor, Clock, Calculator, Print Tool, Audio Tool, Tape Tool, Binder, Snapshot, Icon Editor, Performance Meter, Shell Tool. * A Troubleshooting section on the DeskSet applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solaris OpenWindows Desktop Integration Guide (DIG) (OpenWindows Version 3.1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paperback; includes a disk; price TBA; ISBN 013-035726-X Pub date: January 1993 This manual describes how to create interoperable applications running in the Solaris environment. Interoperable applications are applications that can share data and processes with other applications. Topics covered include: * Drag and drop. The ability to move data between applications using the cut/copy/paste keys, or simple mouse gestures. * Classing Engine. Determining the operating characteristics of other files, and distributing the operating characteristics of your own application files to other requesting applications. * ToolTalk. Exchanging command and process messages between applications. * Integrating with DeskSet. Issues about integrating your application with the DeskSet applications. Included in this manual is source code (on a disk) for a sample application incorporating these desktop integration technologies. --------------------------------------------------- The ToolTalk Service: An Inter-Operability Solution --------------------------------------------------- Paperback; price TBA; ISBN 013-0088717-X Pub date: January 1993 Combines the two ToolTalk manuals into one retail market volume. This book describes the ToolTalk service, an interapplication message service by SunSoft, and how to modify your applications to send and receive ToolTalk messages. This book gives a generic presentation (that is, it is non-platform specific and nonoperating system specific, although it is tied to UNIX). It discusses the use of ToolTalk without OpenWindows and gives a robust example of two existing applications that have been modified to communicate using the ToolTalk technology. The book contains the following parts: Part 1 Introducing the ToolTalk Service Part 2 How to Set-Up, Install, and Maintain the ToolTalk Service Part 3 Communicating with Other Applications Part 4 The ToolTalk Function and Command Reference Part 5 Error Messages --------------------------------------------------- Solaris Application Developer's Guide (AppDevGuide) --------------------------------------------------- Paperback; price TBA; ISBN 013-205097-8 Pub date: January 1993 This manual provides a general overview of the application development environment and interfaces in the Solaris 2.x system software. It is useful for application developers who have used Solaris 1.x and are migrating to Solaris 2.x. Topics covered include: * Solaris 2.x features. * The Solaris 2.x application development environment: languages, tools, debuggers, compatibility packages. * System Services: C language functions and tools. * The Solaris 2.x developer interfaces: standards conformance, windows, APIs, graphics, etc. * Networking. * Internationalizing applications: enabling applications to be run in any locale. * The ToolTalk Service: an interapplication communication package. ----------------------------------------- Books from SunSoft Press/Ziff-Davis Press ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Solaris System Administrator's Guide ------------------------------------ by Janice Winsor Paperback; $29.95; 288 pages; ISBN 1-56276-080-7 Published This practical guide for system administrators at all levels of experience provides the information for efficiently managing the Solaris 2.x environment. Loaded with step-by-step examples and based on a trusty in-house reference manual that became an underground classic at Sun Microsystems, Inc., this task-oriented book gets you the information you need every time. First-time administrators, administrators new to the Solaris system software, and experienced administrators looking for an easy-access reference will all find a valuable resource in this clear, no-nonsense handbook. Employing a quick-reference approach, the author presents the command sequence for each system administration task followed by supporting sample code. Also included is a brief description of every task so that you can choose the right command for the job. Topics covered include: * File systems * Networking * Printing * Shells * Troubleshooting * Detailed appendix on differences between SunOS 4.x and 5.0. (also available in a quick-reference card format) * Special appendix on new administration tools in Solaris 2.1 ---------------- Guide to Solaris ---------------- by John Pew Paperback; $34.95; ISBN 1-56276-087-4 Pub date: June 1993 This book discusses the entire Solaris distributed computing environment. Part 1 includes a brief structural overview of the Solaris solution, including DeskSet application, OPEN LOOK graphical user interface, OpenWindows windowing environment, SunOS system, ONC networking products. Part 2 provides more detail on each of the fifteen, DeskSet applications, including File Manager, Mail Tool, Calendar Manager, Shell Tool, Command Tool, Console, and more. Part 3 continues with SunOS fundamentals and working from the command line. Topics covered include SunOS system fundamentals, the vi editor, mail from the command line, the network, and formatting and printing documents. Part 4 introduces system administration topics, including installing SunOS, OpenWindows, and other software, booting and halting the system, configuring the printing system, and managing disks and disk space. Throughout the book, the author challenges the reader with special sections on how to customize the environment to the reader's tastes. ------------------------------------------------------- Other SunSoft Press/Ziff-Davis books under development: ------------------------------------------------------- Solaris System Administrator's - Advanced Tasks Pub date: August 1993 Guide to INTERACTIVE UNIX Pub date: April 1993 Solaris DeskSet: The Art of Drag and Drop Pub date: summer 1993 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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