CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I Getting Started with DECwindows 1 Introduction 1.1 What Are Windows? 1.2 Interacting with DECwindows 1.3 DECwindows Components 2 Opening and Closing DECwindows 2.1 Starting a Session 2.2 Pausing a Session 2.3 Ending a Session 3 Interacting with DECwindows 3.1 Using the Mouse 3.1.1 Mouse Techniques 3.2 Working with Menus 3.2.1 Selecting Menus 3.2.2 Choosing Items from Pull-Down Menus 3.2.3 Choosing Items from Pop-Up Menus 3.2.4 Choosing Items from Options Menus 3.2.5 Choosing Items from Submenus 3.3 Managing Windows 3.3.1 Parts of a Window 3.3.2 Making Windows Active 3.3.3 Moving Windows 3.3.4 Sizing Windows 3.3.5 Minimizing Windows 3.3.6 Restoring Icons to Windows 3.3.7 Maximizing Windows 3.3.8 Restoring Maximized Windows 3.3.9 Storing Icons in an Icon Box 3.3.10 Additional Ways to Manage Windows 3.3.11 Arranging Windows 3.3.12 Customizing Your Windows 3.4 Working with Dialog Boxes 3.4.1 Supplying Information in Dialog Boxes 3.4.2 Moving and Changing Settings in a Dialog Box 3.4.3 Saving Your Settings 3.4.4 Making Selections from List Boxes 3.4.5 Using File Selection Boxes 3.5 Scrolling 4 Performing Common Tasks 4.1 Getting Help 4.1.1 Invoking Help 4.1.2 Navigating Help 4.1.3 Searching Help for Titles and Keywords 4.1.4 Saving Help Text in a File 4.1.5 Exiting Help 4.2 Editing Text 4.2.1 Selecting Text 4.2.2 Copying Text 4.2.3 Moving Text Between Windows 4.2.4 Deleting Text with Pending Delete 4.2.5 Text Editing Key Definitions 4.3 Composing Special Characters 4.4 Printing Files 4.4.1 Printing Files from Applications 4.4.2 Using Advanced Print Settings 4.5 Mixing Colors 4.5.1 Color Models 4.5.1.1 Picker 4.5.1.2 Hue, Lightness, Saturation (HLS) 4.5.1.3 Red, Green, Blue Color Model 4.5.1.4 Browser 4.5.1.5 Greyscale 4.5.2 Scratch Pad 5 Using Session Manager 5.1 Running Applications 5.1.1 Creating a FileView Window 5.1.2 Creating a DECterm Window 5.1.3 Using Print Screen 5.1.4 Reading Messages 5.2 Using Application Qualifiers 5.2.1 Running an Application on a Multiscreen System 5.3 Keeping Track of Work in Progress 5.3.1 Canceling a Task 5.3.2 Looking at Task Output 5.4 Defining Logical Names 5.4.1 Displaying a Logical Name Definition 5.4.2 Deleting a Logical Name 5.5 Setting Process Privileges 5.6 Customizing Your Session 6 Using FileView 6.1 Updating the File List 6.2 Selecting and Filtering Files 6.2.1 Selecting a File from Your File List 6.2.2 Selecting Adjacent Files 6.2.3 Selecting Scattered Files 6.2.4 Selecting All Files in a Current Directory 6.2.5 Selecting File Names in Other Windows 6.2.6 Displaying a Partial File List 6.3 Working with Files 6.3.1 Applying Your Settings 6.3.2 Creating and Modifying Files 6.3.3 Reading Files 6.3.4 Copying Files 6.3.4.1 Copying One File to Another File or Directory 6.3.4.2 Copying Groups of Files 6.3.5 Searching Files for Text Strings 6.3.6 Changing the Name of a File 6.3.6.1 Renaming a File 6.3.6.2 Renaming Groups of Files 6.3.7 Comparing the Contents of Files 6.3.8 Displaying Information About Files 6.3.9 Purging Files 6.3.10 Deleting Files 6.3.11 Protecting Files 6.3.12 Printing Files 6.3.13 Running Programs 6.4 Opening a New View 6.5 Accessing Files and Applications Quickly 6.5.1 Using Pop-Up Menus to Execute Commands 6.5.2 Using Double-Click Commands 6.6 Working with Directories 6.6.1 Creating a Directory 6.6.2 Deleting a Subdirectory 6.6.3 Navigating a Directory Structure 6.6.4 Using Wildcards in the File Filter 6.6.4.1 Using the Ellipsis ( ... ) Wildcard 6.6.4.2 Using the Hyphen ( - ) Wildcard 6.7 Executing a DCL Command Part II Customizing Your DECwindows Environment 7 Customizing Session Manager 7.1 Applying Your Settings 7.2 Starting Applications Automatically 7.3 Changing Your Keyboard Settings 7.4 Setting Another Session Language 7.5 Changing Your Pointer Settings 7.6 Changing Your Session Manager Window Settings 7.7 Changing Your End Session Prompts 7.8 Writing Your Own Pause Screen Messages 7.9 Changing Your Screen Background Settings 7.10 Changing Your Window Color Settings 7.11 Changing Your Security Settings 7.12 Changing Message Window Settings 8 Customizing Menus and Menu Bars 8.1 Customizing Menus 8.1.1 Looking at the Contents of a Menu 8.1.2 Adding an Item to a Menu 8.1.3 Removing an Item from a Menu 8.1.4 Looking at a Menu Item Definition 8.1.5 Changing a Menu Item Definition 8.1.6 Adding a User-Defined Menu Item 8.1.7 Deleting a User-Defined Menu Item 8.1.8 Defining a New Menu Name 8.1.9 Deleting a User-Defined Menu Name 8.2 Customizing Menu Bars 8.3 Combining Session Manager and FileView 9 Customizing FileView 9.1 Changing the Look of Your File List 9.1.1 Changing the Fields in Your File List 9.1.2 Displaying File Version Numbers 9.1.3 Changing the File Order in Your File List 9.1.4 Saving Your File List Changes 9.2 Changing Your FileView Window Settings 9.3 Building Pop-Up Menus and Defining Double-Click Commands 9.3.1 Looking at Pop-Up Menu Definitions 9.3.2 Adding a Menu Item to a Pop-Up Menu 9.3.3 Removing a Menu Item from a Pop-Up Menu 9.3.4 Looking at Double-Click Menu Item Definitions 9.3.5 Changing a Double-Click Menu Item Definition 9.3.6 Adding a File Type 9.3.7 Removing a File Type 9.3.8 Saving Your File Types Changes 9.4 Working with Views 9.4.1 Designing a View 9.4.2 Saving a View 9.4.3 Looking at Built-In Views 9.4.4 Saving Your Startup View 9.4.5 Replacing a Saved View 9.4.6 Restoring a Saved View 9.4.7 Deleting a Saved View 9.5 Using FileView as a Menu Bar 10 Customizing the Window Manager 10.1 Applying Your Changes 10.2 Customizing Your Workspace 10.3 Customizing Your Window Borders 10.4 Customizing Your Window Border Colors 10.5 Customizing Icons 10.6 Customizing Icon Colors 10.7 Customizing the Matte 10.8 Running the XUI Window Manager 10.9 Advanced Customization Part III Advanced User Techniques 11 Using Hyperapplications 11.1 A Simple Example 11.2 Linkable Objects 11.3 The Link Menu 11.4 Creating Links 11.5 Following Links 11.6 Adjusting the Highlighting 11.7 Showing and Deleting Links 11.8 Using Other Hyperapplication Features 11.9 Advanced LinkWorks Concepts 12 Running Applications Across the Network 12.1 Enabling Network Access to Your Workstation Monitor 12.1.1 Authorizing Workstation Access in a DECnet Network 12.1.2 Authorizing Workstation Access in an Internet Network 12.1.3 Disabling Workstation Access 12.2 Displaying Remote Applications on Your Workstation Monitor 12.2.1 Enabling a Remote Display 12.2.2 Disabling a Remote Display 12.2.3 Directing a Remote Display to a Third System 12.2.4 Directing a Remote Display to Your Own System 12.3 Running Applications from a DCL Command Line 13 Changing the Startup Environment 13.1 The Startup Sequence 13.2 Customizing the System Startup Environment 13.3 Changing Your Logo 13.4 Creating Dedicated Accounts 13.4.1 Modifying the Session Manager Command Procedure 13.4.2 Modifying the Session Manager Executable File 13.4.3 Modifying Session Manager Profile File 14 Sharing Customization Files 14.1 Using Shared Customization Files 14.2 Creating Shared Customization Files 15 Using Task Messages 15.1 Using Task Messages in Command Files 15.2 Task Messages 15.3 Creating a Command File 15.4 Adding Target Screen Options to Application Menu Items Part IV Appendixes A Using DECwindows with a Keyboard A.1 Traversing Menu Bars and Pull-Down Menus A.2 Traversing Windows A.2.1 Moving Between Windows A.2.2 Moving Within Windows A.3 Traversing Dialog Boxes B Understanding Files, Directories, and Devices B.1 Understanding the VMS Directory Structure B.2 About Files B.3 About Directories and Devices B.4 Using Wildcards in File Specifications B.4.1 Using the Asterisk ( * ) Wildcard B.4.2 Using the Percent Sign ( % ) Wildcard B.5 Using Wildcards in Directory Specifications B.6 About Logical Names C Troubleshooting Guidelines C.1 Login Box C.2 License C.3 FileView C.4 Window Manager C.5 Font Access C.6 Keyboard, Monitor, and Pointer C.7 Network C.8 Applications C.9 Session Manager C.10 DECterm C.11 X Terminals and Third-Party Workstations C.12 X Server C.13 General Troubleshooting Techniques D System Messages E DECwindows X Windows System Resources Bookreader Calculator Calendar Cardfiler CDA Viewer Clock DECterm FileView LinkWorks Manager Mail Motif Window Manager FIGURES A-1 Moving to a Previous Menu A-2 Moving to the Next Menu TABLES A-1 Traversing the Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus A-2 Traversing Pop-Up Menus A-3 Traversing Submenus A-4 Moving to a Previous Menu A-5 Moving to the Next Menu A-6 Working with Dialog Boxes A-7 Moving Within Dialog Boxes A-8 Activating Items in a Tab Group