CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 General User Release Notes 1.1 Version 1.1 Specific Release Notes 1.2 Access Control-Not Explicitly Enabled by Default 1.3 Monitor Screen Width Customized Login Logos 1.4 VMS DECwindows Motif Application Notes 1.4.1 Bookreader 1.4.1.1 DECW$BOOKSHELF Logical Name Cannot Reference Search List 1.4.1.2 Formal Examples, Figures, and Tables 1.4.1.3 Incorrect Text in Message 1.4.2 Calendar 1.4.3 Cardfiler 1.4.4 CDA Viewer/CDA PostScript Converter 1.4.4.1 CDA Viewer-Viewing PostScript Files with Errors 1.4.4.2 CDA Viewer/CDA PostScript Converter-Graphics Objects 1.4.4.3 CDA Viewer/CDA PostScript Converter-Page Problem 1.4.4.4 CDA Viewer Supports DECfonts Version 1.2 1.4.4.5 Paper Size... Button Renamed 1.4.4.6 Watch Progress Can Cause CDA Viewer to Lose Expose Events 1.4.5 DECterm 1.4.5.1 Condensed German Standard Font Not Available 1.4.5.2 Cursor Blink Not Disabled in DECterm Widget 1.4.5.3 DECterm Controller and LOGINOUT 1.4.5.4 DECterm Graphics 1.4.5.5 DECterm Initialization 1.4.5.6 DECterm Not a Complete VT330/VT340 Terminal Emulator 1.4.5.7 DECterm Resource Usage 1.4.5.8 DECterm Text 1.4.5.9 Diagnostic Crash File and Messages-New and Enhanced 1.4.5.10 Displaying Version Information About DECterm 1.4.5.11 Keyboards and Languages 1.4.5.12 Monitor Screen Width Determines Default Font Size 1.4.5.13 Nohangup and Virtual Terminal Support 1.4.5.14 DECterm PC Interoperability Restrictions 1.4.5.15 ReGIS and SIXEL 1.4.5.16 ReGIS Locator Report 1.4.5.17 /PROCESS= procnam Fails if No Process With Default Name 1.4.5.18 Queued Printing Requires Name in File Field 1.4.5.19 Screen Print Services 1.4.5.20 Simultaneous Multiple Language Performance-Resource Demanding 1.4.6 LinkWorks 1.4.6.1 Application Identifier Name 1.4.6.2 Application Startup Error 1.4.6.3 Work-In-Progress Box 1.4.7 Mail Restrictions and Problems 1.4.8 Paint 1.4.8.1 Enhancing the Performance of Some Paint Operations 1.4.8.2 Editing Color Images 1.4.8.3 Private Colormaps 1.4.8.4 Saving a Paint File 1.4.9 Print Screen 1.4.9.1 Keyboard Mnemonics Not Implemented 1.4.9.2 Options Menu 1.4.9.3 Print Orientation Option-Not Functional 1.4.9.4 Print Screen Default Icon-Large 1.4.9.5 Queue Options Dialog Box 1.4.9.6 Reduce Only Setting-Not Functional 1.4.9.7 Resource Values-Changed 1.5 DECW$CDPLAYER Enhanced 1.6 Motif Window Manager (Mwm) Notes 1.6.1 Configuration File 1.6.2 DECwindows XUI Applications 1.6.3 Icons 1.6.4 International Keyboard Performance Improvement 1.6.5 Known Problems with Motif Window Manager 1.6.5.1 Accelerators for Icon in Icon Box 1.6.5.2 Application Started As Icon 1.6.5.3 Color-Related Resources for Monochrome Monitors-Customizing 1.6.5.4 Customizing Colors on 4-Plane Displays 1.6.5.5 Customized Icon Placement in Icon Box 1.6.5.6 DECwindows XUI Modal Dialog Boxes 1.6.5.7 Icon Box-Customizing 1.6.5.8 Icon Box Colors on Monocrome and Gray-Scale Systems 1.6.5.9 Icon Box Moved Off Screen 1.6.5.10 Icon Title Truncated 1.6.5.11 Invoking Help for Mwm 1.6.5.12 Multihead Systems-Customizing Colors 1.6.5.13 Multiline Icon Text Not Centered 1.6.5.14 Multiscreen Systems With Mixed Monitors 1.6.5.15 Next Window on Multihead System 1.6.5.16 Restored Window Icons Not Displayed 1.6.5.17 Truncated Icon Title in Vertical Icon Box 1.6.5.18 Window Menu on Icon-Displaying with Keyboard 1.6.6 Motif Window Manager-Restarting 1.6.7 New Mwm Default Font 1.7 Public Profiles for Layered Products 1.8 Session Manager and FileView 1.8.1 Change in Bindings for Lists in FileView and Session Manager 1.8.2 EWS Users Must Upgrade to EWS Version 1.0A 1.8.3 FileView DELETE Functionality-Changed 1.8.4 FileView Starts Detached Processes by Default 1.8.5 User Default Resource File 1.8.6 Session Manager and FileView-Problems 1.8.6.1 Input Focus Change When Starting Private Logo 1.8.7 Session Manager Process-Stopping 1.9 Troubleshooting Information 1.10 Version Checking Command Files 2 Programmer Release Notes 2.1 Version 1.1 Specific Release Notes 2.2 Adding POSIX Support to DECwindows Transports 2.2.1 The POSIX fork( ) Routine 2.2.2 SYS$POSIX_FORK_CONTROL System Service 2.3 DEC CDA Base Services 2.3.1 DDIF$VIEWSHR Interaction Problems with XUI Applications 2.3.2 Function Prototypes and Data Type Definitions 2.3.3 New Item Change Lists for Aggregates 2.3.4 User Get or Put Routine Parameter 2.4 DECterm 2.4.1 Controller Communication and Startup 2.4.2 DECterm Controller MUTEX Hang Bug 2.4.3 DECterm Logical Names 2.4.3.1 DECterm Window Positioning 2.5 VMS DECwindows Motif Version 1.1 Based on OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 2.6 DECwindows Toolkit 2.6.1 Additional Non-C Language Binding Support for Motif 2.6.2 Intrinsics Changes from the Digital Version of MIT X11 Release 3 to MIT X11 Release 4 2.6.2.1 Changes in Routine Interfaces 2.6.2.2 Changes in Widget Semantics: 2.6.2.3 Other Changes 2.6.3 Miscellaneous Toolkit Notes, Corrections, and Restrictions 2.6.3.1 Context-Sensitive Help 2.6.3.2 Debugging Toolkit Applications-SET BREAK/EXCEPTION Command 2.6.3.3 Help Callback Routines 2.6.3.4 Insensitivity Problem 2.6.3.5 Intrinsics Key Translator 2.6.3.6 Motif Text Widget Translations 2.6.3.7 Projected Change for XmText Class Widget 2.6.3.8 Shift Lock 2.6.3.9 Traversing a Motif Menu Bar with Keys 2.6.3.10 VAX Format Toolkit Bindings 2.6.3.11 XmText Widget Interactive Performance 2.6.3.12 XUI Application Linking Procedures 2.6.4 New DECwindows Motif Toolkit Shareable Images 2.6.4.1 Code Shareable Images 2.6.4.2 Thin-Layer Shareable Image 2.6.5 Upward Compatibility 2.6.5.1 Restrictions on Mixing Motif and XUI Widgets 2.7 Display PostScript (DPS) Server Extension-Color Cells 2.8 Layered Products Fonts 2.8.1 Accessing Layered Products Fonts 2.8.2 DECpresent Bullet Fonts Available 2.9 New OSF/Motif Examples 2.9.1 MOTIFANIM 2.9.2 MRE 2.9.2.1 The Basics of MRE 2.9.2.2 Editing Colors With MRE 2.9.2.3 Editing Fonts With MRE 2.9.2.4 Locating File Names With MRE 2.9.2.5 Editing Boolean (TRUE/FALSE) Resources With MRE 2.9.2.6 Editing Translation Tables With MRE 2.9.2.7 The MRE Options Menu 2.9.2.8 MRE Command Entry 2.9.2.9 Help on MRE 2.9.2.10 The MRE Edit Menu 2.9.2.11 Adding Custom Types; Associating Resources with Types 2.9.2.12 Resources That Modify MRE Behavior 2.9.2.13 Known Problems With MRE 2.9.2.14 MOTIFGIF and PICT Viewing Programs 2.9.2.15 Dog Widget 2.10 Toolkit Extensions 2.10.1 DXmCSText Resources to Specify Input Method 2.10.1.1 DXmNinputMethodType 2.10.1.2 DXmNinputMethod 2.10.2 DXmCSText With the XmNblinkRate Resource 2.10.3 DXmCSTextSetSelection Format Change 2.10.4 DXmHelpSystem Routine Status Value Changes 2.10.5 DXmNlayoutDirection 2.10.5.1 DXmNlayoutDirection in DECwindows Extensions to Motif 2.10.5.2 DXmNlayoutDirection in DECwindows Motif 2.10.6 SVN and Compound String Text Widget Translations 2.10.7 SVN-Horizontal Live Scrolling Not Supported 2.10.8 SVN Horizontal Separator Line 2.11 UIL Extensions 2.11.1 DXmFormSpaceButtonsEqually Restriction 2.11.2 UIL Compiler 2.12 VAX C Sample Programs 2.13 VAXstations 3520 and 3540-Problem Running DTM 2.14 X11 Display Server 2.14.1 100 DPI Fonts Not Available on 75 DPI Monitors 2.14.2 Backingstore Disable-New Feature 2.14.3 Color Name File-Updated 2.14.4 Compatibility Option in Server 2.14.5 Default Character Processing Correction 2.14.6 Font Names Now Returned in Lowercase 2.14.7 Known Problems with the X11 Display Server 2.14.8 Server Infinite Loop Correction 2.15 X Image Extension (XIE) 2.16 Xlib Extensions 2.16.1 Xlib Client Side Library 2.16.2 Xlib Routines 2.16.2.1 Ada Bindings File Incomplete 2.16.2.2 Command Procedure Builds .PEN Files 2.16.2.3 Parameter/Protocol Datasize Mismatches 2.16.3 XSelectAsyncEvent and XSelectAsyncInput Routines 3 Documentation Release Notes 3.1 CDA Documentation 3.2 VMS DECwindows Motif Documentation 3.3 Corrections to Existing Documentation 3.3.1 DECwindows Companion to the OSF/Motif Style Guide 3.3.2 DECwindows Extensions To Motif 3.3.2.1 DXmCSTextReplace Format 3.3.2.2 XmNmodifyVerifyCallback Resource Callback Structure 3.3.3 VMS DECwindows Motif User's Guide 3.3.4 OSF/Motif Programmer's Reference 3.3.4.1 Core Reference Page 3.3.4.2 mwm Reference Page 3.3.4.3 RectObj Reference Page 3.3.4.4 VendorShell Reference Page 3.3.4.5 VirtualBindings Reference Page 3.3.4.6 WMShell Reference Page 3.3.4.7 XmArrowButton Reference Page 3.3.4.8 XmArrowButtonGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.9 XmBulletinBoard Reference Page 3.3.4.10 XmCascadeButton Reference Page 3.3.4.11 XmCascadeButtonGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.12 XmCommand Reference Page 3.3.4.13 XmCreateOptionMenu Reference Page 3.3.4.14 XmCreatePromptDialog Reference Page 3.3.4.15 XmCreateScrolledText Reference Page 3.3.4.16 XmCreateSelectionDialog Reference Page 3.3.4.17 XmDialogShell Reference Page 3.3.4.18 XmDrawingArea Reference Page 3.3.4.19 XmDrawnButton Reference Page 3.3.4.20 XmFileSelectionBox Reference Page 3.3.4.21 XmForm Reference Page 3.3.4.22 XmFrame Reference Page 3.3.4.23 XmGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.24 XmGetPixmap Reference Page 3.3.4.25 XmLabel Reference Page 3.3.4.26 XmLabelGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.27 XmList Reference Page 3.3.4.28 XmMainWindow Reference Page 3.3.4.29 XmMenuShell Reference Page 3.3.4.30 XmMessageBox Reference Page 3.3.4.31 XmProcessTraversal Reference Page 3.3.4.32 XmPushButton Reference Page 3.3.4.33 XmPushButtonGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.34 XmRowColumn Reference Page 3.3.4.35 XmScale Reference Page 3.3.4.36 XmScrollBar Reference Page 3.3.4.37 XmScrolledWindow Reference Page 3.3.4.38 XmSelectionBox Reference Page 3.3.4.39 XmSeparator Reference Page 3.3.4.40 XmSeparatorGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.41 XmString Reference Page 3.3.4.42 XmText Reference Page 3.3.4.43 XmTextField Reference Page 3.3.4.44 XmTextSetTopCharacter Reference Page 3.3.4.45 XmToggleButton Reference Page 3.3.4.46 XmToggleButtonGadget Reference Page 3.3.4.47 XmVaCreateSimpleOptionMenu Reference Page 4 Version 1.1 New Features 4.1 DECsound 4.1.1 Prerequisites 4.1.2 Starting DECsound 4.1.2.1 Session Manager 4.1.2.2 Enhanced CDA Viewer 4.1.2.3 Integration With Mail 4.1.2.4 DCL Command Line 4.1.3 Using LiveLink Connections 4.1.3.1 LiveLink Connections from DECwrite 4.1.3.2 LiveLink Connections from DECpresent 4.1.4 Online Help for DECsound 4.1.5 Problems and Restrictions 4.2 VMS DECwindows Motif Help System 4.3 New MIT Utilities TABLES 2-1 DECterm Supported Logical Names 2-2 Virtual Keysyms for VMS Servers 2-3 DXmNinputMethodType Values 2-4 DXmHelpSystem Routine Status Values 2-5 DXmNlayoutDirection Values 2-6 DXmNlayoutDirection Values for the DXmCreateScrolledCSText and DXmCreateCSText Functions 2-7 DXmNlayoutDirection Effect on Widget Components 2-8 DXmSvn Widget Button Syntax Translations 2-9 DXmSvn Widget Keyboard Syntax Translations 2-10 Action Routines for DXmSvn Widget 2-11 DXmCSText Widget Button Syntax Translations 2-12 DXmCSText Widget Action Routines 2-13 Additional DXmCSText Behavior 2-14 Routine Arguments 4-1 Electrical Specifications 4-2 Audio Editor Options 4-3 Qualifiers to Control DECsound Sessions 4-4 Bitmap Options 4-5 atobm Options 4-6 bmtoa Option 4-7 xev Options 4-8 xlsatoms Options 4-9 xlsfonts Options 4-10 xlswins Options 4-11 xmag Options 4-12 xmodmap Options 4-13 xprop Options 4-14 xrdb Options 4-15 xrefresh Options 4-16 xset Options 4-17 xsetroot Options 4-18 xwd Options 4-19 xwininfo Options 4-20 xwud Options