hp DECwindows Motif
for hp OpenVMS Alpha
New Features

Chapter 3
3	Programming Features
3.1	Multithreading Support
3.1.1	Binary Compatibility
3.1.2	Levels of Thread Safety and Concurrency
3.1.3	Enabling Support for Multithreading
3.1.4	Developing Applications with Thread-Aware Images
3.2	Support for the Logical Connection Number (LCN) Interface
3.2.1	LCN Functions
3.2.1.1	Initializing Thread Support
3.2.1.2	Allocating Connection Numbers
3.2.1.3	Querying Status and Signaling Input
3.2.2	LCN Routines
3.2.2.1	DECW$LCN_ALLOCATE
3.2.2.2	DECW$LCN_CLEAR_x_READY
3.2.2.3	DECW$LCN_FREE
3.2.2.4	DECW$LCN_SELECT
3.2.2.5	DECW$LCN_SELECT_ONE
3.2.2.6	DECW$LCN_SET_x_READY
3.2.2.7	DECW$LCN_THREAD_INIT
3.3	X Window System Library (Xlib) Enhancements
3.3.1	Updated Client-Side Extension Library
3.3.2	Support for LCNs
3.3.3	Updated X11 Environment Variable Parsing
3.3.4	Additional Non-C Language Bindings
3.3.4.1	CLOSE OM
3.3.4.2	CONTEXTUAL DRAWING
3.3.4.3	CONVERT CASE
3.3.4.4	DESTROY OC
3.3.4.5	DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENT DRAWING
3.3.4.6	DISPLAY OF OM
3.3.4.7	EXTENDED MAX REQUEST SIZE
3.3.4.8	INIT IMAGE
3.3.4.9	INIT THREADS
3.3.4.10	INTERNAL CONNECTION NUMBERS
3.3.4.11	LOCALE OF OM
3.3.4.12	LOCK DISPLAY
3.3.4.13	OPEN OM
3.3.4.14	PROCESS INTERNAL CONNECTION
3.3.4.15	REGISTER IM INSTANTIATE Callback
3.3.4.16	SET AUTHORIZATION
3.3.4.17	UNLOCK DISPLAY
3.3.4.18	UNREGISTER IM INSTANTIATE Callback
3.3.5	Support for Additional Fonts
3.3.5.1	Additional 75-dpi Fonts
3.3.5.2	Additional 100-dpi Fonts
3.3.5.3	Additional Common Fonts
3.3.5.4	Bitstream Speedo Scalable Fonts
3.3.5.5	Agfa Monotype TrueType Scalable Fonts
3.3.5.6	Adobe Type1 Fonts
3.4	X Window System Toolkit (Xt) Enhancements
3.4.1	Support for Easy Resource Configuration
3.4.2	New Option for CompositeClassExtensionRec
3.5	X Window System Extension and Protocol Enhancements
3.5.1	New X Display Server Extensions
3.5.1.1	Application Group Extension (XC-APPGROUP)
3.5.1.2	Big Requests Extension (BIG-REQUESTS)
3.5.1.3	Colormap Utilization Policy Extension (TOG-CUP)
3.5.1.4	Extended Visual Information Extension (EVI)
3.5.1.5	Low-Bandwidth X Extension (LBX)
3.5.1.6	Security Extension (SECURITY)
3.5.1.7	XC-MISC Extension
3.5.1.8	X Double Buffer Extension (DBE)
3.5.1.9	XINERAMA Extension
3.5.1.10	X Keyboard Extension (XKB)
3.5.1.11	X Synchronization Extension (SYNC)
3.5.2	Updated X Display Server Extensions
3.5.3	Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol Support
3.5.3.1	Multithreading Considerations
3.5.3.2	Differences from the Standard Implementation
3.5.4	X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) Support
3.5.4.1	Multithreading Considerations
3.5.4.2	Differences from the Standard Implementation
Part 2
Part 2	Features from Previous Releases
Chapter 4
4	General User Features
4.1	General DECwindows Motif Environment
4.1.1	Extended File Specification (EFS) Support
4.1.1.1	File Selection Popup Window
4.1.1.2	New Desktop and the FileView Application
4.1.1.3	Traditional Desktop and the File Manager Application
4.1.1.4	The Programming Libraries
4.1.1.5	Translated Image Support (TIS) Library
4.1.2	Color Customizer Example Program
4.1.2.1	Supported Displays
4.1.2.2	Supported Applications
4.1.2.3	Building the Color Customizer on OpenVMS Systems
4.1.2.4	Running the Color Customizer
4.1.2.5	Modifying the DECW$LOGIN.COM File
4.1.2.6	Command Interface Summary
4.1.2.7	Changing the Mapping Between Color Resources and Color Cells
4.1.2.8	Using the Customizer with DECterm Windows
4.1.2.9	Changing the Default Value of the Automatic Shadowing Toggle Button
4.1.2.10	Using the Customizer on Multihead Systems
4.1.2.11	Using the XSETROOT_CUST.EXE Demonstration Program
4.1.3	Drag and Drop Support
4.1.4	Tear-Off Menu Support
4.2	New Desktop Environment
4.2.1	Screen Saver and Screen Lock Support
4.2.2	Updated Welcome Message
4.2.3	Selecting Screens on Application Launch
4.2.4	Front Panel Icons Support MB3 Operations
4.2.5	Detached Processes
4.2.6	Viewing Reference Pages
4.3	Traditional Desktop Environment
4.3.1	Resource Added for DECwindows XUI Applications
4.4	Applications
4.4.1	Bookreader
4.4.1.1	Bookreader Printing Improved
4.4.2	CDA Viewer
4.4.2.1	Using the CDA Viewer to View Asian-Language Text
4.4.2.1.1	Specifying an Options File
4.4.2.1.2	Defining Logical Names
4.4.2.2	Converting Files That Contain Asian-Language Characters
4.4.2.3	Dynamic Font Support
4.4.2.4	Enhanced Display Performance
4.4.2.5	Pack and Unpack Applications
4.4.2.5.1	Pack Application Syntax
4.4.2.5.2	Unpack Application Syntax
4.4.2.5.3	Error Messages
4.4.2.6	New CDA Viewer Error Message
4.4.2.7	WRITE$FONTS Logical Name
4.4.3	Clock
4.4.3.1	DECsound Alarm Capability
4.4.4	DECterm
4.4.4.1	Overlay Support
4.4.4.2	New Default Font Sizes
4.4.4.3	Scrolling Using the Keyboard
4.4.4.4	ReGIS Input Cursors and Escape Sequences
4.4.4.5	Support for Local Echo Mode
4.4.4.6	Answerback Message Support
4.4.4.7	Seven-Bit Printer Support
4.4.4.8	Automatic Window Positioning
4.5	Tools and Utilities
4.5.1	Window Dump to Print File (xpr) Utility