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Everything about SunView
Discontinued SunOS windowing system
SunView is a discontinued user interface toolkit and windowing system from Sun Microsystems, launched in 1985, and included as part of its Unix implementation, starting with SunOS Release 3.0. Sun had introduced support in 1983 for a window-based environment known as the Sun Window System, providing the Sunwindows window manager and Suntools user interface toolkit. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SunViewA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Sun-views of the earthThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Study on customer preference towards freight forwarding agencies at Sunview express logistics, ChennaiCited 0 times
- Go sideways: OPEN LOOKA closely related topic
- Go sideways: OpenWindowsA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A view or prospect as if it were from the sun.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Sun-views of the earthRichard A. Proctor · 1867
SunviewsSundiata Acoli · 1983- 📕SunView user's guide. · 1990
- 📕SunView programmer's guide. · 1990
- 📕SunView system programmer's guide ; Pixrect reference. · 1990
- 📕Debugging tools ; Sun SourceBrowser reference (Open windows) ; Sun SourceBrowser reference (SunView). · 1991
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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