O'REILLY RELEASES FIRST GUIDE TO imake

August 10, 1993 -- SEBASTOPOL, CA -- O'Reilly & Associates announces the
publication of the first guide to imake, the UNIX tool that helps software
developers write portable programs. Software Portability with image, by
programmer Paul DuBois, explains how to make this tool do the "dirty work"
by configuring projects where large numbers of parameters vary according
to hardware manufacturer, operating system, or site.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section is a general
explanation of imake, X configuration files, and how to write and debug an
Imakefile. The second section describes how to write configuration files,
and presents a configuration file architecture that allows development of
coexisting sets of configuration files. Software Portability with imake
provides documentation for imake and associated toools, as well as
exercises to build hands-on experience. Several sets of configuration
files are described and are available free over the Internet.

imake is a utility that works with make to enable code to be automatically
configured, compiled and installed on different UNIX machines. imake makes
possible the wide portability of the X Window System code and is widely
considered to be an X tool, but it's also useful for any software project
that needs to be ported to many UNIX systems.

Author Paul DuBois is a programmer at the Wisconsin Regional Primate
Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The book's editor
is Adrian Nye, editor of The X Resource and author of several bestselling
books about the X Window System.

O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books on
UNIX, The X Window System and the Internet. Working closely with
developers of new technologies, O'Reilly's editors are "computer people"
who use the software and systems they write about. The company's planning
and review cycles link together authors, computer vendors, and technical
experts throughout the industry in a creative collaboration that mirrors
the strengths of the "open systems" philosophy itself.

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