Document revision date: 10 November 2000

## Using DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS

Begin | Index

Contents (summary)
Preface | Preface
Part I | Getting Started with DECwindows
Chapter 1 | Introduction
Chapter 2 | Opening and Closing DECwindows
Chapter 3 | Interacting with DECwindows
Chapter 4 | Performing Common Tasks
Chapter 5 | Using Session Manager
Chapter 6 | Using FileView
Part II | Customizing Your DECwindows Environment
Chapter 7 | Customizing Session Manager
Chapter 8 | Customizing Menus and Menu Bars
Chapter 9 | Customizing FileView
Chapter 10 | Customizing the Window Manager
Part III | Advanced User Techniques
Chapter 11 | Using Hyperapplications
Chapter 12 | Running Applications Across the Network
Chapter 13 | Changing the Startup Environment
Chapter 14 | Sharing Customization Files
Chapter 15 | Using Task Messages
Part IV | Appendixes
Appendix A | Using DECwindows with a Keyboard
Appendix B | Understanding Files, Directories, and Devices
Appendix C | Troubleshooting Guidelines
Appendix D | System Messages
Appendix E | DECwindows X Windows System Resources
| Index
| Figures
| Tables

## Contents

Preface
Preface | Preface
Part I
Part I | Getting Started with DECwindows
Chapter 1
1 | Introduction
1.1 | What Are Windows?
1.2 | Interacting with DECwindows
1.3 | DECwindows Components
Chapter 2
2 | Opening and Closing DECwindows
2.1 | Starting a Session
2.2 | Pausing a Session
2.3 | Ending a Session
Chapter 3
3 | Interacting with DECwindows
3.1 | Using the Mouse
3.1.1 | Mouse Techniques
3.2 | Working with Menus
3.2.1 | Selecting Menus
3.2.2 | Choosing Items from Pull-Down Menus
3.2.3 | Choosing Items from Pop-Up Menus
3.2.4 | Choosing Items from Options Menus
3.2.5 | Choosing Items from Submenus
3.3 | Managing Windows
3.3.1 | Parts of a Window
3.3.2 | Making Windows Active
3.3.3 | Moving Windows
3.3.4 | Sizing Windows
3.3.5 | Minimizing Windows
3.3.6 | Restoring Icons to Windows
3.3.7 | Maximizing Windows
3.3.8 | Restoring Maximized Windows
3.3.9 | Storing Icons in an Icon Box
3.3.10 | Additional Ways to Manage Windows
3.3.11 | Arranging Windows
3.3.12 | Customizing Your Windows
3.4 | Working with Dialog Boxes
3.4.1 | Supplying Information in Dialog Boxes
3.4.2 | Moving and Changing Settings in a Dialog Box
3.4.3 | Saving Your Settings
3.4.4 | Making Selections from List Boxes
3.4.5 | Using File Selection Boxes
3.5 | Scrolling
Chapter 4
4 | Performing Common Tasks
4.1 | Getting Help
4.1.1 | Invoking Help
4.1.2 | Navigating Help
4.1.3 | Searching Help for Titles and Keywords
4.1.4 | Saving Help Text in a File
4.1.5 | Exiting Help
4.2 | Editing Text
4.2.1 | Selecting Text
4.2.2 | Copying Text
4.2.3 | Moving Text Between Windows
4.2.4 | Deleting Text with Pending Delete
4.2.5 | Text Editing Key Definitions
4.3 | Composing Special Characters
4.4 | Printing Files
4.4.1 | Printing Files from Applications
4.4.2 | Using Advanced Print Settings
4.5 | Mixing Colors
4.5.1 | Color Models
4.5.1.1 | Picker
4.5.1.2 | Hue, Lightness, Saturation (HLS)
4.5.1.3 | Red, Green, Blue Color Model
4.5.1.4 | Browser
4.5.1.5 | Greyscale
4.5.2 | Scratch Pad
Chapter 5
5 | Using Session Manager
5.1 | Running Applications
5.1.1 | Creating a FileView Window
5.1.2 | Creating a DECterm Window
5.1.3 | Using Print Screen
5.1.4 | Reading Messages
5.2 | Using Application Qualifiers
5.2.1 | Running an Application on a Multiscreen System
5.3 | Keeping Track of Work in Progress
5.3.1 | Canceling a Task
5.3.2 | Looking at Task Output
5.4 | Defining Logical Names
5.4.1 | Displaying a Logical Name Definition
5.4.2 | Deleting a Logical Name
5.5 | Setting Process Privileges
5.6 | Customizing Your Session
Chapter 6
6 | Using FileView
6.1 | Updating the File List
6.2 | Selecting and Filtering Files
6.2.1 | Selecting a File from Your File List
6.2.2 | Selecting Adjacent Files
6.2.3 | Selecting Scattered Files
6.2.4 | Selecting All Files in a Current Directory
6.2.5 | Selecting File Names in Other Windows
6.2.6 | Displaying a Partial File List
6.3 | Working with Files
6.3.1 | Applying Your Settings
6.3.2 | Creating and Modifying Files
6.3.3 | Reading Files
6.3.4 | Copying Files
6.3.4.1 | Copying One File to Another File or Directory
6.3.4.2 | Copying Groups of Files
6.3.5 | Searching Files for Text Strings
6.3.6 | Changing the Name of a File
6.3.6.1 | Renaming a File
6.3.6.2 | Renaming Groups of Files
6.3.7 | Comparing the Contents of Files
6.3.8 | Displaying Information About Files
6.3.9 | Purging Files
6.3.10 | Deleting Files
6.3.11 | Protecting Files
6.3.12 | Printing Files
6.3.13 | Running Programs
6.4 | Opening a New View
6.5 | Accessing Files and Applications Quickly
6.5.1 | Using Pop-Up Menus to Execute Commands
6.5.2 | Using Double-Click Commands
6.6 | Working with Directories
6.6.1 | Creating a Directory
6.6.2 | Deleting a Subdirectory
6.6.3 | Navigating a Directory Structure
6.6.4 | Using Wildcards in the File Filter
6.6.4.1 | Using the Ellipsis (...) Wildcard
6.6.4.2 | Using the Hyphen (-) Wildcard
6.7 | Executing a DCL Command

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