HP DECwindows Motif
for OpenVMS Alpha
New Features

Chapter 3
3	System Management Features
3.1	Installation and Upgrade Information
3.1.1	Version Checking Available for Command Files
3.2	System Tuning and Performance
3.2.1	Setting the File Manager Refresh Rate
3.3	Security and Authorization
3.3.1	Enhanced Access Control
3.3.1.1	User-Based Access Control
3.3.1.2	Token-Based Access Control
3.3.1.2.1	Magic Cookie (MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1)
3.3.1.2.2	Kerberos (MIT-KERBEROS-5)
3.3.1.3	Specifying X Server Access Control
3.3.1.3.1	Enabling Outside a DECwindows Motif Session
3.3.1.3.2	Enabling Inside a DECwindows Motif Session
3.3.1.4	Specifying Client Access Control
3.3.1.5	Using the SECURITY Extension
3.3.1.5.1	Enabling the SECURITY Extension
3.3.1.5.2	Using the Security Policy File
3.4	Desktop Management Features
3.4.1	Displaying Custom Messages Prior to Login
3.4.2	Disabling the Suggested Password List
3.4.3	Allowing Trusted Users to Unlock Paused Desktop Sessions
3.4.4	Displaying an Expanded Welcome Message
3.4.5	Displaying Console Messages
3.4.5.1	Display Options
3.4.5.2	Global Symbols
3.4.6	Customizing the Login Screen
3.4.6.1	Customizing the Logo and Login Screen Colors
3.4.6.2	Changing Positions of the Start Session and Set Password Dialog Boxes
3.4.6.3	Disabling a Node Name Display in the Start Session Dialog Box
3.4.7	Displaying Customized Login Logos
3.5	Font and Keymap Management
3.5.1	Support for Euro Currency Symbol
3.5.1.1	Enabling Euro Support
3.5.1.2	Displaying the Euro Symbol in DECwindows Motif Applications
3.5.1.3	Using the Keyboard to Manually Enter the Euro Symbol
3.5.1.4	DECTPU Character Set Qualifier
3.5.2	Support for X Keyboard Keymap Files
3.5.2.1	Creating a Modified Keymap File
3.5.2.2	Loading a Compiled Keymap File
3.5.2.3	Enabling the AccessX Key Features
3.6	Proxy Server Management
3.6.1	Support for Low-Bandwidth X (LBX)
3.6.1.1	Proxy Server
3.6.1.1.1	Starting LBX Proxy Servers
3.6.1.1.2	LBXPROXY Qualifiers
3.6.1.1.3	Stopping LBX Proxy Servers
3.6.1.2	Proxy Manager
3.6.1.2.1	The Proxy Manager Configuration File
3.6.1.2.2	Starting the Proxy Manager
3.6.1.2.3	Qualifiers
3.6.1.2.4	Stopping a Proxy Manager
3.6.1.3	Authentication in an LBX Environment
3.7	X Display Server Management
3.7.1	New Server Parameter for Setting Process Priority
3.7.2	New Server Customization Parameters Available with X11R6.6 Upgrade
3.7.2.1	Extension Setup
3.7.2.2	Device Setup
3.7.2.3	Keyboard
3.7.2.4	Security
3.7.2.5	Error Reporting
3.7.3	Enhanced Support for Dynamically Loadable Extensions
3.7.4	Support for Multihead Systems Using XINERAMA
3.7.4.1	Hardware and Configuration Requirements
3.7.4.2	Setting Up a Multiheaded Alpha System
Chapter 4
4	Programming Features
4.1	General Run-Time and Programming Environment
4.1.1	Multithreading Support
4.1.2	Binary Compatibility
4.1.2.1	Use of Asynchronous System Traps (ASTs)
4.1.2.2	Levels of Thread Safety and Concurrency
4.1.2.3	Enabling Support for Multithreading
4.1.2.4	Developing Applications with Thread-Aware Images
4.2	Transport Programming
4.2.1	Support for the LAT Transport Interface Restored
4.2.2	Support for the Logical Connection Number (LCN) Interface
4.2.2.1	LCN Functions
4.2.2.1.1	Initializing Thread Support
4.2.2.1.2	Allocating Connection Numbers
4.2.2.1.3	Querying Status and Signaling Input
4.2.3	LCN Routines
4.2.3.1	DECW$LCN_ALLOCATE
4.2.3.2	DECW$LCN_CLEAR_x_READY
4.2.3.3	DECW$LCN_FREE
4.2.3.4	DECW$LCN_SELECT
4.2.3.5	DECW$LCN_SELECT_ONE
4.2.3.6	DECW$LCN_SET_x_READY
4.2.3.7	DECW$LCN_THREAD_INIT
4.3	X Window System Library (Xlib)
4.3.1	New Functions Available with X11R6.6 Upgrade
4.3.2	Updated Client-Side Extension Library
4.3.3	Support for LCNs
4.3.4	Updated X11 Environment Variable Parsing
4.3.5	Additional Non-C Language Bindings Available with X11R6.6
4.3.5.1	CLOSE OM
4.3.5.2	CONTEXTUAL DRAWING
4.3.5.3	CONVERT CASE
4.3.5.4	DESTROY OC
4.3.5.5	DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENT DRAWING
4.3.5.6	DISPLAY OF OM
4.3.5.7	EXTENDED MAX REQUEST SIZE
4.3.5.8	INIT IMAGE
4.3.5.9	INIT THREADS
4.3.5.10	INTERNAL CONNECTION NUMBERS
4.3.5.11	LOCALE OF OM
4.3.5.12	LOCK DISPLAY
4.3.5.13	OPEN OM
4.3.5.14	PROCESS INTERNAL CONNECTION
4.3.5.15	REGISTER IM INSTANTIATE Callback
4.3.5.16	SET AUTHORIZATION
4.3.5.17	UNLOCK DISPLAY
4.3.5.18	UNREGISTER IM INSTANTIATE Callback
4.3.6	Support for Additional Fonts
4.3.6.1	Additional 75-dpi Fonts
4.3.6.2	Additional 100-dpi Fonts
4.3.6.3	Additional Common Fonts
4.3.6.4	Bitstream Speedo Scalable Fonts
4.3.6.5	Agfa Monotype TrueType Scalable Fonts
4.3.6.6	Adobe Type1 Fonts
4.3.7	UIDPATH Environment Variable
4.3.8	Client Side Extension Library
4.4	X Window System Toolkit (Xt)
4.4.1	New Functions Available with X11R6.6 Upgrade
4.4.2	Support for Easy Resource Configuration
4.4.3	New Option for CompositeClassExtensionRec
4.4.4	New Default Format for XtResolvePathname
4.4.5	XtAppMainLoop Routine
4.5	X Window System Extensions and Protocols
4.5.1	Additional X Display Server Extensions Supported with X11R6.6
4.5.1.1	Application Group Extension (XC-APPGROUP)
4.5.1.2	Big Requests Extension (BIG-REQUESTS)
4.5.1.3	Colormap Utilization Policy Extension (TOG-CUP)
4.5.1.4	Extended Visual Information Extension (EVI)
4.5.1.5	Low-Bandwidth X Extension (LBX)
4.5.1.6	Security Extension (SECURITY)
4.5.1.7	XC-MISC Extension
4.5.1.8	X Double Buffer Extension (DBE)
4.5.1.9	XINERAMA Extension
4.5.1.10	X Keyboard Extension (XKB)
4.5.1.11	X Synchronization Extension (SYNC)
4.5.2	Server Extensions Updated for X11R6.6
4.5.3	Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol Support
4.5.3.1	Multithreading Considerations
4.5.3.2	Differences from the Standard Implementation
4.5.4	X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) Support
4.5.4.1	Multithreading Considerations
4.5.4.2	Differences from the Standard Implementation
4.5.5	MIT Shared Memory Extension (MIT-SHM) Support
4.5.5.1	How to Use Shared Memory Extension
4.5.5.2	Using Shared Memory XImages
4.5.5.3	Using Shared Memory Pixmaps
4.5.6	X Image Extension (XIE) Support
4.6	DECwindows Extensions to Motif
4.6.1	SVN Widget Supports Extended Selection
4.6.2	DXmCSText Input Method Support
4.7	Application Programming
4.7.1	Drag-and-Drop Enabled Widgets
4.7.2	CDA Programming
4.7.2.1	Changes to the CDA Programming Interface
4.7.2.2	Changes to CDA External Reference Processing
4.7.2.3	Restructuring CDA Shareable Images
4.7.3	DECterm Programming
4.7.3.1	ReGIS Input Cursors
4.7.3.2	Page-Movement Escape Sequences