hp DECwindows Motif
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Release Notes
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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 General User Release Notes
Chapter 3 System Management Release Notes
Chapter 4 Programming Release Notes
Chapter 5 Documentation Release Notes
Appendix A OSF/Motif Release 1.2 Release Notes
Appendix B OSF/Motif Toolkit Information
  Index
  Examples
  Tables

Contents

Preface
Preface Preface
Chapter 1
1 Introduction
Chapter 2
2 General User Release Notes
     2.1     OpenVMS Display Device and Layered Product Interfaces
         2.1.1         OpenVMS Display Device (SET DISPLAY)
             2.1.1.1             SET DISPLAY/REVOKE Error Message is Misleading
             2.1.1.2             SET DISPLAY/GENERATE Fails When Kerberos is Enabled
             2.1.1.3             I/O Error Displayed When Using SET DISPLAY/REVOKE
             2.1.1.4             SET DISPLAY/REVOKE Can Crash the X Server
             2.1.1.5             Display Devices Not Deleted Upon Exit
         2.1.2         Debugger
             2.1.2.1             DECwindows Motif Interface to the OpenVMS Debugger Not Working Properly
         2.1.3         DECTPU
             2.1.3.1             Small Display Monitors and DECTPU
     2.2     General DECwindows Motif Environment
         2.2.1         Web Browser Support
         2.2.2         Request-Intensive Applications May Pause Before Closing
         2.2.3         Application Race Condition Can Crash the X Server
         2.2.4         Support Discontinued for Display PostScript
         2.2.5         Limited Support for Tear-Off Menus
         2.2.6         Implications of the Message, "System Menu Bar: Pseudo Mouse Not Available"
         2.2.7         Printing from Applications Linked Against OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3
     2.3     New Desktop Environment
         2.3.1         Full File Specification No Longer Displayed in DTPAD Banner
         2.3.2         Style Manager Displays Incorrect Security Options on Multihead Systems
         2.3.3         Desktop Applications Disappear When Setting a Home Session
         2.3.4         DTSESSION Logging Problem
         2.3.5         File Manager Problems with Extended File Specifications
         2.3.6         DECwrite Icon Does Not Open DECwrite Program
         2.3.7         Delay When Exiting a Session with Open TPU Windows
         2.3.8         Viewing TIF Files with dximageview
         2.3.9         Text Editor Restrictions
         2.3.10         Some File Names Displayed in UNIX Format
         2.3.11         Front Panel Clock is an Icon Only
         2.3.12         ToolTalk Actions Not Supported
         2.3.13         Session Manager Save and Restore Limitations
         2.3.14         File Manager Search List Limitations
         2.3.15         Login and Pause Screen Text Field Restrictions
             2.3.15.1             Control Characters Not Recognized When Entering Username
             2.3.15.2             Use Return Key to Move Between Login Text Fields
             2.3.15.3             First Character Discarded When Entering Pause Screen Password
             2.3.15.4             Text on the Welcome Screen is Not Displayed
         2.3.16         Font Selection Limitations
         2.3.17         Default Workspace Limitations
     2.4     Applications
         2.4.1         Bookreader
             2.4.1.1             Bookreader Hangs When Switching Libraries
             2.4.1.2             Support for Display PostScript Removed
             2.4.1.3             Including Comment Characters in the DECW$BOOKSHELF File
         2.4.2         CDA
             2.4.2.1             Viewing Large, Color DDIF Files using eXcursion Version 7.1
             2.4.2.2             Support for Display PostScript Removed
         2.4.3         DECterm
             2.4.3.1             Invoking DECterm May Fail while Kerberos is Enabled
             2.4.3.2             Euro Currency Symbol May Not Display Correctly When Using eXcursion
             2.4.3.3             Window Text is Not Displayed Properly on Multihead Systems
             2.4.3.4             DECterm Crashes Loading Agfa Monotype TrueType Fonts Specified with Wildcards
             2.4.3.5             DECterm Window Shrinking Problem
             2.4.3.6             DECterm Resource File Name
             2.4.3.7             Maximum Number of DECterm Windows
             2.4.3.8             Resizing the Terminal
             2.4.3.9             Reporting the DECterm Window Size
             2.4.3.10             Changing the Auto Repeat Setting
             2.4.3.11             Positioning DECterm Windows
             2.4.3.12             Timeout for Displaying the Copyright Notice
             2.4.3.13             Selecting Fonts
             2.4.3.14             Supported DECterm Logical Names
             2.4.3.15             Printing to an Attached Printer
             2.4.3.16             Improving Hold Screen Response Time
             2.4.3.17             DECterm Graphics
             2.4.3.18             DECterm Resource Usage
             2.4.3.19             Diagnostic Crash File and Messages
             2.4.3.20             Using the Debugger
             2.4.3.21             Virtual Terminal Support
             2.4.3.22             VT330 and VT340 Terminal Emulation Restrictions
             2.4.3.23             Using CREATE/TERMINAL/DETACHED/PROCESS
             2.4.3.24             ReGIS Locator Report
         2.4.4         DECwindows CD Player
             2.4.4.1             Required Privileges
         2.4.5         DECwindows Mail
             2.4.5.1             Compress Drawer No Longer Results in an Access Violation
             2.4.5.2             Support Removed for Display PostScript
             2.4.5.3             Pasting Messages from the Directory Window
             2.4.5.4             Responses to Keyboard Actions
             2.4.5.5             Using the Color Customizer with DECwindows Mail
         2.4.6         Notepad
             2.4.6.1             Notepad Is Linked with the OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 Toolkit
         2.4.7         Paint
             2.4.7.1             Private Colormaps
             2.4.7.2             Slow Performance of Some Paint Operations
         2.4.8         Session Manager
             2.4.8.1             Specifying Node Names for Authorized Users That Contain Reserved Characters
             2.4.8.2             Using the Color Customizer with Session Manager
             2.4.8.3             Detached Processes Created by Default May Prevent Other Applications from Opening
             2.4.8.4             Change in Input Focus When Using a Private Logo
             2.4.8.5             Stopping a Session Manager Process
         2.4.9         Window Manager
             2.4.9.1             Modifying Icon Box Title
             2.4.9.2             Help Text Does Not Display from All Screens in a Multihead System
             2.4.9.3             Alt + Space Key Does Not Post the Window Menu
             2.4.9.4             Using the Color Customizer with DECwindows Motif Window Manager
             2.4.9.5             Changing Function Key Bindings Using the Window Manager Configuration File
             2.4.9.6             Restarting the Window Manager
             2.4.9.7             Customizing Color-Related Resources for Monochrome Monitors
             2.4.9.8             Customizing Colors on Multihead Systems
             2.4.9.9             Moving the Icon Box Off Screen
             2.4.9.10             Multiline Icon Title Not Centered
     2.5     Tools and Utilities
         2.5.1         X Authority Utility (xauth)
             2.5.1.1             File Locking Not Supported with Logical Names
             2.5.1.2             Specifying File Names without File Types Can Result in Failure
         2.5.2         Print Screen
             2.5.2.1             Print Screen Truncates PostScript Output

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