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<H2><A NAME="sec:1.7"><SPAN class="sec-nr">1.7</SPAN> <SPAN class="sec-title">About
this manual</SPAN></A></H2>
<P>qThis userguide introduces the basics of <font size=-1>XPCE/P</font>rolog
and its development environment. <A class="sec" href="starting.html">Chapter
2</A>, ``Getting Started'' explains the interface. <A class="sec" href="online.html">Chapter
3</A>, ``Using the online manual'' introduces the online documentation
tools. These are introduced early, as many of the examples in this
manual introduce classes and methods without explaining them. The online
manual tool can be used to find the definitions of these constructs
quickly. The <A class="sec" href="graphics.html">chapter 5</A> and
<A class="sec" href="controller.html">chapter 4</A>, ``Dialog
(controller) windows'' and ``Simple Graphics'' introduce the various
controller and graphical primitives.
<P>With the material of the above described chapters, the user is
sufficiently informed to create simple GUI's from predefined <font size=-1>XPCE</font>
objects. The remaining chapters provide the background information and
techniques that allow for the design of larger graphical systems.
<P><A class="sec" href="pceprolog.html">Chapter 6</A>, ``The relation
between <font size=-1>XPCE</font> and Prolog'' is a brief intermezzo,
explaining the relation between <font size=-1>XPCE</font> and Prolog
data in more detail. <A class="sec" href="udc.html">Chapter 7</A>,
``Defining classes'' explain the definition of new <font size=-1>XPCE</font>
classes from Prolog and thus brings object-oriented programming to the
user. <A class="sec" href="techniques.html">Chapter 10</A>,
``Programming techniques'' is an assorted collection of hints on how
<font size=-1>XPCE</font> can be used to solve real-world problems
elegantly.
<A class="sec" href="libraries.html">Chapter 11</A>, ``Commonly used
libraries'' documents some of the commonly used <font size=-1>XPCE/P</font>rolog
libraries.
<P><A class="sec" href="debugging.html">Chapter 12</A>, ``Development
and debugging tools'' introduces the <font size=-1>XPCE</font> debugger.
The current debugger is powerful, but not very intuitive and requires a
nice-looking front-end.
<P>Of the appendices, <A class="sec" href="summary.html">appendix H</A>
is probably the most useful, providing a short description of each class
and its relation to other classes. Many of the classes are accompanied
with a small example.
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