| Previous | Contents | Index |
When DECterm sends a ReGIS locator report in response to the R(P(I)) command, or in multiple input mode and the locator position is outside the addressable area, DECterm sends a locator report with the coordinates omitted. For example, press the A key to generate the report:
A[]<CR>, where <CR> is a carriage return (ASCII code 13). |
This section contains release notes pertaining to the DECwindows CD
Player application.
2.4.4.1 Required Privileges
The DECwindows CD Player (DECW$CDPLAYER) application in the DECW$EXAMPLES directory requires PHY_IO and DIAGNOSE privileges to operate the compact-disc player hardware. Either your process or the image must have these privileges.
2.4.5 DECwindows Mail
This section contains release notes pertaining to the DECwindows Mail
application.
2.4.5.1 Compress Drawer No Longer Results in an Access Violation
V1.3
The Compress Drawer operation in DECwindows Mail has been updated and
no longer results in an access violation.
2.4.5.2 Support Removed for Display PostScript
V1.2--6
With the removal of the support for Display PostScript from the current version of DECwindows Motif, DECWmail no longer supports the display of messages that are exclusively PostScript code. In previous versions, DECWmail sensed the presence of a mail message containing PostScript and used Display PostScript to display the message.
Currently, when DECWmail detects a messages that is exclusively PostScript code, it displays the following error message:
[This PostScript® message cannot currently be displayed.] |
As a workaround, use the Extract option in the File menu, (deselect the
"Include Header Information" button in the Extract dialog box), and
print the extracted file.
2.4.5.3 Pasting Messages from the Directory Window
V1.2--4
In DECwindows Mail, if the user selects one or more messages in the
directory window using MB1 and then clicks on MB2 in another window
(such as a DECterm window), the entire contents of the selected
messages is pasted into the other window. The selected messages are
highlighted in the directory window, however the text of the selected
and pasted message is not highlighted in the Read window.
2.4.5.4 Responses to Keyboard Actions
V1.2--3
Enhancements in the DECwindows Mail application to comply more closely with OSF/Motif style conventions cause some changes with application responses to keyboard actions. Note the following changes.
If you use the Tab key to advance through text entry boxes in the Create/Send window, the current field is no longer highlighted. To select a field, use one of the standard Motif actions, such as double or triple clicking MB1, or use the Shift+Alt -> key sequence.
In several dialog boxes, press either the Select key or the space bar
to activate a pushbutton through the keyboard. Note that the Return key
and the Enter key are bound to other widgets in the dialog box.
Alternatively, you can continue to click MB1 to activate a pushbutton.
2.4.5.5 Using the Color Customizer with DECwindows Mail
V1.2
If you use the color customizer sample program provided in the
directory DECW$EXAMPLES to control DECwindows Mail colors, the
DECwindows Mail color customization dialog boxes used to modify those
colors may not reflect the correct current color values. This is normal
behavior; use the color customizer instead of the DECwindows Mail color
customization dialog boxes to change these values. Alternatively, exit
from the color customizer and restart DECwindows Mail. See
hp DECwindows Motif for hp OpenVMS Alpha New Features for more information about the color customizer.
2.4.6 Notepad
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Notepad
application.
2.4.6.1 Notepad Is Linked with the OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 Toolkit
V1.2--3
The Notepad application is linked with the OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 Toolkit. Notepad is not modified to link with the OSF/Motif Release 1.2.3 Toolkit, which is provided with the HP DECwindows Motif for HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 1.3 product. The following restrictions apply:
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Paint application.
2.4.7.1 Private Colormaps
If your workstation does not have sufficient colormap entries to view
or edit a color image, Paint creates a private colormap. When this
happens, the Paint image retains its colors, but the colors on the rest
of the workstation are modified. To restore the colors to their
original values, give another window input focus by clicking on it.
2.4.7.2 Slow Performance of Some Paint Operations
On GPX systems, Paint might appear slow even when performing basic operations such as drawing a brush stroke. This is because the pixmap is being swapped into the pixmap memory in order to paint the object. If Paint performance is slow, click on the Pencil tool and draw a point in the image area. This should improve performance following the initial Pencil click.
When editing images (especially color images), you can resize the image
area using the Picture Size... entry from the Options menu. Resize to
the least possible image area to significantly reduce the amount of
required pixmap memory.
2.4.8 Session Manager
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Session Manager
application.
2.4.8.1 Specifying Node Names for Authorized Users That Contain Reserved Characters
V1.2
When specifying a list of users who can access the X server in the Authorized Users dialog box, place the node name within quotation marks if the name contains any of the following:
Session Manager automatically adds quotation marks to the node name if they are needed, unless the node name begins with a double quotation mark. If the node name begins with a double quotation mark, Session Manager assumes that the user has already quoted the node name and does not change it.
Within a quoted string, a double quotation mark should be replaced by two double quotation marks (""). For example, the quoted string "DEC:.zko."my node"" should be changed to the following:
("DEC:.zko.""my node""").
|
V1.2
If you are using the color customizer example program provided in the
directory DECW$EXAMPLES to control Session Manager colors, the Session
Manager color customization dialog boxes used to modify those colors
may not reflect the correct current color values. This is normal
behavior; use the color customizer instead of the Session Manager color
customization dialog boxes to change these values. Alternatively, exit
the color customizer and restart your session. See the hp DECwindows Motif for hp OpenVMS Alpha New Features
manual for more information about the color customizer.
2.4.8.3 Detached Processes Created by Default May Prevent Other Applications from Opening
Applications created by FileView and Session Manager are detached processes.
The implication is that during application startup,
SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM and SYS$LOGIN:LOGIN.COM command procedures are
executed. Any command executed by these command procedures which reads
from SYS$INPUT reads data intended to be used by FileView or Session
Manager for the application startup. This prevents the application from
starting. Examples of such commands are INQUIRE, READ/PROMPT, and SET
TERMINAL/INQUIRE.
Extensive SYLOGIN.COM or LOGIN.COM command procedures slow down application startup. Many of the operations performed in a SYLOGIN.COM or LOGIN.COM are meaningless for DECwindows application startup. Therefore, the SYLOGIN.COM and LOGIN.COM files should be conditionalized for DECwindows application startup performance. When starting a DECwindows application, only a minimum of SYLOGIN.COM and LOGIN.COM commands should be executed. Typically, the commands that should be executed are the redefinition of DECW$USER_DEFAULTS (if present), and other logical name definitions if the user will be referencing them from within the context of a DECwindows application. The following code segment can be inserted into SYLOGIN.COM and LOGIN.COM immediately following the commands necessary for DECwindows:
$ mode = f$mode()
$ tt_devname = f$trnlnm("TT")
$ session_mgr_login = (mode .eqs. "INTERACTIVE") .and. -
(f$locate("WSA",tt_devname) .ne. f$len(tt_devname))
$ session_detached_process = (mode .eqs. "INTERACTIVE") .and. -
(f$locate("MBA",tt_devname) .ne. f$len(tt_devname))
$ if session_mgr_login .or. session_detached_process then exit
|
Applications continue to run even if these lines are not added to the
SYLOGIN.COM and LOGIN.COM files.
2.4.8.4 Change in Input Focus When Using a Private Logo
If you are logging into DECwindows Motif and using a private logo command
file, input focus might revert unexpectedly to the Username field when
the private logo starts up.
2.4.8.5 Stopping a Session Manager Process
Stopping the Session Manager process abruptly can have serious consequences for nonprivileged workstation users. DECwindows must be restarted to avoid the following problems:
Use the STOP/NOEXIT command to stop the process. Otherwise, stop the Session Manager process, and restart DECwindows (if you have system manager privileges) with the following command:
$ @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART |
This section contains release notes pertaining to the DECwindows Motif
Window Manager.
2.4.9.1 Modifying Icon Box Title
To change the title of the icon box on a system running HP DECwindows Motif for HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 1.3
or greater, edit the DECW$MWM.DAT file (in DECW$USER_DEFAULTS or
DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS), and set the value of Mwm*title instead
of Mwm*iconBoxTitle.
2.4.9.2 Help Text Does Not Display from All Screens in a Multihead System
V1.3
Invoking help (by right-clicking) on a screen other than screen 0, displays a Bookreader window with no content.
If you want to display help on a multihead configuration using the
right-click method, initiate the request from screen 0.
2.4.9.3 Alt + Space Key Does Not Post the Window Menu
With most Motif implementations, the Alt+space key combination prompts the Window Manager to display the Window menu. However, DECwindows Motif maps the Alt+space key binding to the Compose Character function. This provides a method for character composition on keyboards which do not supply a specific Compose Character key.
To change the Alt+space key binding so that it displays the Window menu, follow the procedure appropriate to your desktop environment.
For New Desktop systems:
Alt<Key>space icon|window f.post_wmenu |
For Traditional DECwindows Desktop systems:
Alt<Key>space icon|window f.post_wmenu |
V1.2
If you are using the color customizer provided in the DECW$EXAMPLES
directory to control Motif Window Manager colors, the Motif Window
Manager customization dialog boxes used to modify those colors may not
reflect the correct current color values. This is normal behavior; use
the color customizer instead of the Motif Window Manager color
customization dialog boxes to change these values. Alternatively, exit
the color customizer and then restart Motif Window Manager. See
hp DECwindows Motif for hp OpenVMS Alpha New Features for more information about the color customizer.
2.4.9.5 Changing Function Key Bindings Using the Window Manager Configuration File
The configuration file DECW$MWM_RC.DAT defines how the Window Manager uses the function keys. Most of the accelerators use the form Alt key (or Compose Character key) and function key, for example Alt+F7.
If any application needs to use these keys, you must either comment them out by placing an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of the line, or create new keyboard bindings. Then change Mwm*keyBindings:DefaultKeyBindings in the MWM resource file to point to the new bindings.
With the Motif binding, you can no longer use the Alt+spacebar or the Compose Character+spacebar to bring up the Window menu because it interferes with Compose Character sequences in DECterm. Use Shift+F11 to bring up the Window menu.
To reenable Alt+space, select the appropriate option in the Workspace
Options dialog box and apply the current settings. You can also remove
the comment for the default button bindings for Alt+space in the
DECW$MWM_RC.DAT file.
2.4.9.6 Restarting the Window Manager
The file SYS$MANAGER:DECW$MWM.COM is used for information on how to
restart the Window Manager. By default, it is always restarted on all
the screens that are available. However, if you are not starting the
Window Manager from the Session Manager, then the Window Manager might
not have been initially started on all the available screens. You can
modify this file to change the way the window is restarted for your
system.
2.4.9.7 Customizing Color-Related Resources for Monochrome Monitors
The Motif Window Manager does not support full customization of color-related resources for monochrome monitors in the Options dialog box. In order to change the colors, you might need to modify the pixmap resources by directly editing the DECW$MWM_BW.DAT resource file. For example, to change the color of the active window's title background, you must change the Mwm*activeBackgroundPixmap resource. Some values include 25_foreground, 50_foreground, 75_foreground, and unspecified pixmap.
In addition, by default, the title text is created with a white
background. To use the same color as the rest of the title, set the
Mwm*cleanText resource to FALSE.
2.4.9.8 Customizing Colors on Multihead Systems
If you have a multihead system with different monitor types (color,
monochrome, or gray-scale), you can customize the colors only by using
the Options dialog box on the monitors that match the type of your main
monitor (screen 0). To customize the other monitors, you must either
log in to a system with that monitor type or directly edit the resource
files.
2.4.9.9 Moving the Icon Box Off Screen
If you move the icon box to the edge of the screen and then resize it
using the keyboard, you can move it off the screen. To retrieve the
icon box, press Alt+Tab until you reach that window and then press
Shift Escape (F11) to bring up the Window menu for that window. You can
then move the window back onto the screen.
2.4.9.10 Multiline Icon Title Not Centered
The Window Manager does not center all the lines of a multiline icon
title.
2.5 Tools and Utilities
This section contains notes related to X Window System utilities that
have been ported to DECwindows Motif.
2.5.1 X Authority Utility (xauth)
This section contains release notes pertaining to the X Authority
utility (xauth).
2.5.1.1 File Locking Not Supported with Logical Names
V1.3
The X Authority utility (xauth) does not support file locking when files are specified using a logical name. Since xauth does not translate OpenVMS logicals, it creates the lock files in the current default directory versus the directory specified by the logical.
For example, the following xauth command creates the lock files in the current default directory not in the USER directory specified by the logical XAUTH_FILE:
$ DEFINE XAUTH_FILE DISK:[USER]FILE.DECW$XAUTH $ XAUTH -f XAUTH_FILE |
In order to use logical names with xauth, translate each logical before invoking xauth, for example:
$ XAUTH_FILE = F$TRNLNM ("XAUTH_FILE")
$ XAUTH -f 'XAUTH_FILE'
|
Note that this restriction only pertains to using logical names with
xauth and does not apply when using logical names with the SET
DISPLAY/XAUTHORITY_FILE command.
2.5.1.2 Specifying File Names without File Types Can Result in Failure
V1.3
The X Authority utility (xauth) cannot differentiate between files and directories of the same name if the file does not yet exist and the type is not specified. For example, the following xauth command creates a set of lock files but does not create the X authority file:
$ CREATE/DIRECTORY [.TEST] $ XAUTH -f TEST |
In this case, xauth fails without reporting an error.
To prevent this problem from occurring, always specify a file type when
specifying an X authority file.
2.5.2 Print Screen
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Print Screen
utility.
2.5.2.1 Print Screen Truncates PostScript Output
V1.2--3
When using the Print Screen application to produce PostScript output on some printers, part of the output may be lost. Usually, the upper and left portion is missing when printing in landscape mode and the lower and left portion is missing when printing in portrait mode. This problem is caused by differences between PostScript printers.
To correct this problem, DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.2--5 added support for four resources that can be specified in DECW$PRINTSCREEN.DAT:
PrintScreen.plxtranslate PrintScreen.plytranslate PrintScreen.plxscale PrintScreen.plyscale |
These resources control the size and position of the PostScript image on the page. The plxtranslate and plytranslate resources control the x and y offsets of the image in inches from the origin. The plxscale and plyscale resources are an x and y scale factor to allow the entire image to be displayed on the page after the origin is moved.
| Previous | Next | Contents | Index |