Mastering The Macintosh Tool Box 1986
Mastering the Macintosh Toolbox is a programming book by David B. Peatroy and DATATECH Publications, published by Osborne McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, California, ©1986; ISBN 0-07-881203-8. The printed book has ix + 200 pages; the scan has 206 PDF pages including the covers.
The book teaches the Toolbox's graphics, cursor, window and menu routines through programs written in Apple's Macintosh Pascal. Its introduction says it is "beyond the scope of this book to teach you all you need to know about Macintosh software".
Contents
[edit | edit source]Book page numbers, from the contents page.
- Introduction (p. vii)
- 1 Getting Started (p. 1)
- 2 Macintosh Graphics Concepts (p. 25)
- 3 Of Mice and Cursors (p. 41)
- 4 The Icon Editor (p. 53)
- 5 Primitive Window Management (p. 75)
- 6 Advanced Macintosh Programming (p. 87)
- Appendix A A Reference Guide (p. 119)
- Appendix B Mathematical Systems and Concepts (p. 159)
- Appendix C Macintosh Trap Locations (p. 169)
- Glossary (p. 183); Index (p. 197)
What it does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a programming book. It has no schematics, parts lists, voltages or service procedures. For hardware figures use Apple's service manuals (Category:Apple Service Source) and developer notes.
Related documents
[edit | edit source]- Macintosh Toolbox
- Inside Macintosh Volumes I-II-III 1985
- Macintosh Revealed 2nd Edition Volume One 1987
- Extending the Macintosh Toolbox 1991
- Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C 2nd Edition 1989
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