X Window System User's Guide OSF Motif Edition (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

738 Pages·1991·144.48 MB·English

by  Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly

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X Window System
User’s Guide

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by Valerie Quercia and Tim O’Reilly

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Table of Contents

Preface

Assumptions
(Organization

‘ul Sales formation
sshow(onie and Other Fre Programs

PART ONE: Using X

2 Getting Started ..

Staring X
‘Logging Oa'in te Special xd Window
‘Logging In ata FullScreen Prompt

“Typing Ina Window Once mom is Ruoning

3 Working in the X Environment

Creating Otber Windows
‘sing the Pointer
‘alsing, Moving, and fconilying Windows

Raising a Window oon
‘Moving a Window
‘Converting a Window to an Icon
CConvering an loon 1 Window
‘Moving afc

"Butog from an aero Window

“Logging Ino a Remote System
‘Monitering the Load on a Remote Systm
Other Command Line Options.

Puting it All Topediee
Cuxiomising he X Environment Specifying Resources
‘Where Go From Here

4 More about the mvm Window Manager ..

sing Special Key
Input Focus and the Window Manager
Focusing Input onan Teoa
“Tafetng the Focus with Keysuakes
‘What to dof mwem Diss andthe Focus is Last
Using the mom Window Frame.
‘Maximizing a Window

‘The Maximize Buta”
Resizing a Window
‘The Window Mona Basar Display « Mena o Close be Window
Using he Window Mena.

Tvoking Window Mena Tams
Poirier Commands 9 Manage Icons
Using he Window Menu on eons.

‘The Root Mem

$ The xterm Terminal Emulator ..

‘Terminal Emulation and the stem Terminal Type
Resizing an xizrm Window
Using be Scrollbar
Copying and Pasting Text Selections
Selecting Text wo Copy
Pasting Text Selections
Moe About Text Selections
Copying and Pasting between Release
Saving Multiple Selections: xclipboard —
Problems wid Large Selections
‘Editing Text Saved in the xclipooard .....
Running a Program ina Temporary xern Window
The ERR Mens nnn

‘The Main Options Mens —

Tek Options Meni eommnmm—

6 Font Specification

Font Naming Conventions nnn
oat Families

"Making the Server Aware of Aliases
‘Utes for Displaying Information aboot Fons
“The Font Displayerxfd

Seleeng 2 Font Name
(Changing Font in term Windows
"The Great Escape ana

“The Selection Meat lem =a

7 Graphies Utilities aaa,

(Creating Ions and Other Bismaps ur
“Bima Eating Commands

Pointer Commands
Biunap Command Boxes =
‘Acting one Ene Grict Car All, Set All lave
‘Acing onan Area” Clear Area Set Area vert Are
Copy Area, ove Area, Oveay Area
‘Drawing: Line, Cle, Filed Circe
Filling in 2 Shape: Flood Fil

ot Spots: Set Hot Spot, Cear Hot Spot
‘Saving and Quizing: Wie Out, Quit
Diaiog Bores and Command Busons
‘Creating 2 Bianap fom a Cus
Magnifying Porons of the Sere mag ——
‘Quicing mag,
‘What umag Shows You
Dynamically Choosing a Dilfeeat Source Aes
‘The Parable Bismup Toot —

Browsing Reference Pages: x7ta0
‘The net Tex Edie.

Kiling'a Cleat Window wid ll
Problens with King Client
Window and Display lnfermasion Cents
‘Displaying nfermaton about a Window: <winiago
sing te Window Tree: slsvins
sing he Camenly Ring Cleats: alscions
(Generating Information sbout he Display RApyIN@ nna
‘Usercontibued Cleus
Previewing Colors for Your Monizor. xl

Radio Rores and Toggle Batons

PART TWO: Customizing X

9 Command Line Options

Staring a Cleat Window as an leon
Specifying Fons on he Command Line