DECwindows Motif
Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS
Release Notes

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	General User Release Notes
1.1	General User Release Notes Specific to the New Desktop (Alpha Only)
1.1.1	dximageview TIF Error Messages
1.1.2	Text Editor Supports Standalone Mode Only
1.1.3	Text Editor Does Not Support Spell Checking
1.1.4	Tab Size Within the Text Editor Is Not 8 Characters Wide
1.1.5	Some File Names Appear in UNIX Format
1.1.6	DECwindows Interface for the TPU Editor Does Not Save Itself
1.1.7	Front Panel Clock
1.1.8	Using MB3 on Front Panel Icons
1.1.9	Selecting Screens on Application Launch
1.1.10	Detached Processes
1.1.11	ToolTalk Actions Not Supported
1.1.12	Session Manager Save/Restore Limitations
1.1.13	Limitations of dtfile (New Desktop--Alpha Only)
1.1.14	Login and Pause Screen Text Fields
1.1.14.1	Control Characters Not Recognized When Entering Username
1.1.14.2	Return Key Used to Move Between Login Text Fields
1.1.14.3	First Character Discarded When Entering Pause Screen Password
1.1.14.4	Text On The Welcome Screen May Not Appear
1.1.15	Use SET DISPLAY/CREATE Within DECterm Windows
1.1.16	Viewing Reference Pages
1.1.17	Font Selection Limitations
1.1.18	Default Workspace Limitations
1.1.19	Alt + Space Key Does Not Post the Window Menu
1.1.20	DECwrite Icon Does Not Open DECwrite Program
1.2	DECwindows Support of OpenVMS Extended File Specifications (EFS)
1.2.1	The File Selection Popup
1.2.2	The FileView Application in the Traditional DECwindows Desktop
1.2.3	The File Manager Application in the New Desktop
1.2.3.1	File Manager Problems with EFS (New Desktop Only)
1.2.4	The Programming Libraries
1.2.5	The Translated Image Support (TIS) Library (Alpha Only)
1.3	Alt + Space Key Does Not Post the Window Menu (DECwindows Desktop Only)
1.4	Using Drag and Drop
1.5	Using Tear-Off Menus
1.6	Access Control Not Explicitly Enabled by Default
1.7	Color Customizer Example Program
1.7.1	Supported Displays
1.7.2	Supported Applications
1.7.3	Building the Color Customizer on OpenVMS Systems
1.7.4	Running the Color Customizer
1.7.5	Modifying the DECW$LOGIN.COM File
1.7.6	Command Interface Summary
1.7.7	Changing the Mapping Between Color Resources and Color Cells
1.7.8	DECterm Windows Not Affected
1.7.9	Changing the Default Value of the Automatic Shadowing Toggle Button
1.7.10	Using the Customizer on Multihead Systems
1.7.11	Using the XSETROOT_CUST.EXE Demonstration Program
1.8	Display PostScript No Longer Supported
1.9	DECwindows Motif Application Notes
1.9.1	Bookreader
1.9.1.1	Bookreader Printing Improved
1.9.1.2	Multiple-Byte Character Limitation
1.9.1.3	Including Comment Characters in the DECW$BOOKSHELF File
1.9.2	Calendar---Year 2000 Support
1.9.3	CDA Run-Time Services
1.9.3.1	CDA Dynamic Font Support
1.9.3.2	CDA WRITE$FONTS Logical Name
1.9.3.3	CDA Documents
1.9.4	CDA---Additional Applications
1.9.4.1	Pack and Unpack Applications
1.9.4.2	Pack Application
1.9.4.3	Unpack Application
1.9.4.4	Pack and Unpack Error Messages
1.9.5	CDA---Hints, Restrictions, and Known Problems
1.9.5.1	Message for CDA Viewer
1.9.5.2	CDA Paper Size Button Renamed
1.9.6	Clock---DECsound Capability
1.9.7	DECsound Application
1.9.7.1	DECsound Prerequisites
1.9.7.2	DECsound Problems
1.9.8	DECterm Features
1.9.8.1	New DECterm Default Font Sizes
1.9.8.2	DECterm Resource File Name
1.9.8.3	Escape Sequences
1.9.8.4	Scrolling Through the Keyboard
1.9.8.5	Reporting the DECterm Window Size
1.9.8.6	Resizing the Terminal
1.9.8.7	Timeout for Displaying the Copyright Notice
1.9.9	DECterm---Restrictions and Problems
1.9.9.1	Maximum Number of DECterm Windows
1.9.9.2	Changing the Auto Repeat Setting
1.9.9.3	Positioning DECterm
1.9.9.4	User Font Selection
1.9.9.5	Local Echo
1.9.9.6	Answerback Message
1.9.9.7	Seven-Bit Printer Support
1.9.9.8	VT330 and VT340 Terminal Emulation
1.9.9.9	CREATE/TERMINAL/DETACHED/PROCESS
1.9.9.10	Printing to an Attached Printer
1.9.9.11	DECterm Graphics
1.9.9.12	DECterm Resource Usage
1.9.9.13	Diagnostic Crash File and Messages
1.9.9.14	ReGIS Locator Report
1.9.10	DECW$CDPLAYER
1.9.11	DECwindows Mail
1.9.11.1	DECwindows Mail Problems with MB3
1.9.11.2	Pasting Messages from the Directory Window
1.9.11.3	Responses to Keyboard Actions
1.9.11.4	Using the Color Customizer with DECwindows Mail
1.9.12	DECwindows Motif Window Manager
1.9.12.1	Using the Color Customizer with DECwindows Motif Window Manager
1.9.12.2	Configuration File
1.9.12.3	DECwindows XUI Applications
1.9.12.4	Restarting Motif Window Manager
1.9.13	Motif Window Manager---Known Problems
1.9.13.1	Customizing Color-Related Resources for Monochrome Monitors
1.9.13.2	Moving the Icon Box Off Screen
1.9.13.3	Multihead Systems---Customizing Colors
1.9.13.4	Multiline Icon Title Not Centered
1.9.14	Notepad
1.9.14.1	Notepad Is Linked with the OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 Toolkit
1.9.15	Paint
1.9.15.1	Private Colormaps
1.9.15.2	Enhancing the Performance of Some Paint Operations
1.9.16	Print Screen
1.9.16.1	Print Screen---PostScript Output Problem
1.9.17	Session Manager and FileView
1.9.17.1	Invoking DECchart from the Session Manager Applications Menu
1.9.17.2	Security Options
1.9.17.3	Using the Color Customizer with Session Manager
1.9.17.4	Input Focus Change When Starting Private Logo
1.9.17.5	Session Manager Process---Stopping
1.10	Window Dump to Print File (xpr) Utility
1.11	Keyboard Enhancements for Disabled Users (Alpha Only)
1.11.1	Sticky Keys
1.11.2	Mouse Keys
1.11.3	Toggle Keys
1.11.4	Repeat Keys
1.11.5	Slow Keys
1.11.6	Bounce Keys
1.11.7	Time Out
1.12	Printing from Applications
1.13	Unsupported Translations by the Motif XmText Widget
1.14	Spyglass Enhanced Mosaic Browser No Longer Supported
1.15	NCSA Mosaic Browser (VMS 5.5--2 Only)
1.15.1	Starting Mosaic Software
1.15.2	Creating a Home Page
1.15.3	Configuring Mosaic to Process Multimedia Files
1.15.4	Customizing the Mosaic Browser
1.15.5	Restrictions for Using Mosaic from Behind a Firewall
1.15.5.1	ProxyGateway Resource
1.15.5.2	NoProxy Resource