NAME¶
xview - xview toolkit information
SYNOPSIS¶
There is no
xview command per se, but this manual page will briefly
describe XView features and functions.
AVAILABILITY¶
XView is available with the OpenWindows distribution.
DESCRIPTION¶
XView (X Window-System-based Visual/Integrated Environment for
Workstations) is an Open Look user-interface toolkit which supports
development of interactive, graphics-based applications running under the X
Window System. For detailed information see the
XView Programming
Manual and the
XView Reference Manual.
USAGE¶
Compiling XView Programs¶
XView programs are compiled with the following command line:
cc sourcefile.c -o outputfile -lxview
-lolgx -lX11
Generic XView Functions¶
- xv_init()
- Establishes the connection to the server, initializes the Notifier and the
Defaults/Resource-Manager database, loads the Server Resource-Manager
database, reads any passed attributes, and installs a default X11
Errorhandler.
Xv_Server
xv_init(attrs)
< attribute-value list> attrs;
Note: attrs is a NULL terminated attribute-value list.
- xv_create()
- Creates an object.
Xv_object
xv_create(owner, package, attrs)
Xv_object owner;
Xv_pkg package;
< attribute-value list> attrs;
- xv_destroy()
- Destroys an object.
int
xv_destroy(object)
Xv_opaque object;
- xv_find()
- Finds an object that meets certain criteria; or if the object doesn't
exist, creates it (default behavior which can be defeated using
XV_AUTO_CREATE, FALSE).
Xv_opaque
xv_find(owner, package, attrs)
Xv_object owner;
Xv_pkg package;
< attribute-value list> attrs;
- xv_get()
- Gets the value of a single attribute.
Xv_opaque
xv_get(object, attrs)
Xv_object object;
< attribute-value list> attrs;
- xv_set()
- Sets the value of one or more attributes.
Xv_opaque
xv_set(object, attrs)
Xv_object object;
< attribute-value list> attrs;
Internationalized Support¶
XView now has support for internationalization. This includes locale setting,
localized text handling, and dynamic object layout. See the
XView
Programming Manual for details.
Command Line Resource Arguments¶
XView-based applications display characteristics can be controlled by supplying
command line arguments to the applications at start-up. The usage is as
follows:
% program -argument1 value1 -argument2 value2...
In the tables below,
Argument(s) shows the short argument followed by the
long argument—either can be used.
Type describes the type of
value the arguments can receive.
Resource describes the X resource name
modified by the arguments.
Default is the default value.
Description describes what the arguments do.
Example shows an
example of a command using the argument.
- Argument(s):
- -Wx, or -scale
- Type:
- string ("small", "medium", "large",
"extra_large")
- Resource:
- Window.Scale
- Default:
- medium
- Description:
- Sets the initial scale of the application (larger or smaller).
small is 10 pixels, medium is 12 pixels, large is 14
pixels and extra_Large is 19 pixels. The font.name resource will
override the scale.
- Example:
- cmdtool -scale extra_large
- Argument(s):
- -Wt, -fn, or -font
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- Font.Name
- Default:
- lucidasans-12
- Description:
- Sets the name of the font used for the application. Does not set the font
for frame header and frame menu header. These are controlled by the window
manager. To find out what fonts are available, use the xlsfonts(1)
command. If the font you specify cannot be found, you will see an error
message such as:
XView warning: Cannot load font 'galant-24' (Font package)
XView warning: Attempting to load font
'-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' instead (Font
package)
- Example:
- cmdtool -fn fixed
- Argument(s):
- -Ws, or -size
- Type:
- integer integer
- Resource:
- Window.Width and Window.Height
- Default:
- depends on application
- Description:
- Sets the width and height of the application's base frame. The values are
in pixels.
- Example:
- cmdtool -Ws 400 500
- Argument(s):
- -Ww, or -width
- Type:
- int (number of columns)
- Resource:
- window.columns
- Default:
- None
- Description:
- Specifies the width, in columns, of the application.
- Example:
- cmdtool -width 40
(starts a command tool 40 columns wide)
- Argument(s):
- -Wh, or -height
- Type:
- int (number of columns)
- Resource:
- window.rows
- Default:
- None
- Description:
- Specifies the height, in rows, of the application.
- Example:
- cmdtool -height 40
(starts a command tool 40 rows high)
- Argument(s):
- -Wp, or -position
- Type:
- integer integer
- Resource:
- Window.X and Window.Y
- Default:
- depends on window manager
- Description:
- Sets the initial position of the application's base frame in pixels. The
upper left corner of the screen is at position (0,0), with the x-axis
increasing to the left, and the y-axis increasing downward. These values
will also be generated by the "Save Workspace" option on the
root menu into the $HOME/.openwin-init file when using the Open
Look Window Manager.
- Example:
- cmdtool -Wp 100 200
- Argument(s):
- -WG, or -geometry
- Type:
- string of the format
<width>x<height>{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>
- Resource:
- Window.Geometry
- Default:
- depends on application and window manager
- Description:
- This sets both the size and the placement of the application's base frame.
This option has priority over the -size and -position
arguments. The size and placement parts of the value are optional. You can
set just the size, just the position, or both. The size values are
measured in pixels, and the position values use the same semantics as
-position. However, if you use the '-' in front of an X value, it
will be taken as relative to the right hand side of the screen, instead of
the left. Likewise, if you use the '-' with the Y value, it will be taken
relative to the bottom of the screen instead of the top.
- Examples:
-
cmdtool -geometry 500x600
(will make the base frame 500x600 pixels, with the position set by the
window manager)
-
cmdtool -WG +10+20
(will make the base frame of default size with the left hand side of the
frame 10 pixels from the left hand side of the screen, and the top of the
frame 20 pixels from the top of the screen)
-
cmdtool -WG -10+20
(will make the base frame of default size with the right hand side of the
frame 10 pixels from the right hand side of the screen, and the top of the
frame 20 pixels from the top of the screen)
-
cmdtool -geometry 400x300-0-0
(will make the base frame 400x300 pixels with the right hand side of the
frame flush against the right hand side of the screen, and the bottom of
the frame flush with the bottom of the screen)
- Argument(s):
- -WP, -icon_position
- Type:
- integer integer
- Resource:
- Icon.X Icon.Y
- Default:
- depends on window manager
- Description:
- Sets the position of the application's icon in pixels. Uses the same
semantics as -position for base frames.
- Example:
- cmdtool -WP 400 20
- Argument(s):
- -Wl, -label, or -title
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- Window.Header
- Default:
- N/A
- Description:
- Sets a default label for the base frame's header. However, the application
can overwrite this setting and display its own header.
- Example:
- cmdtool -Wl "Header Text"
- Argument(s):
- -Wi, and +Wi
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Window.Iconic
- Default:
- +Wi
- Description:
- Controls how an application will come up, open or closed (iconified).
- Examples:
- cmdtool +Wi (will make the cmdtool come up open)
cmdtool -Wi (will make the cmdtool come up closed)
- Argument(s):
- -depth
- Type:
- integer
- Resource:
- Window.Depth
- Default:
- Depth of server's default visual
- Description:
- Specifies the depth of base frame. If this depth is not supported by the
server, the default depth will be used instead. If this is specified in
conjunction with -visual, then the exact visual will be used.
- Example:
- cmdtool -depth 4
- Argument(s):
- -visual
- Type:
- string (one of the values: StaticGray, GrayScale, StaticColor,
PseudoColor, TrueColor, or DirectColor).
- Resource:
- Window.Visual
- Default:
- Server's default visual
- Description:
- Specifies the visual class of the base frame. If this visual class is not
supported by the server, the default visual class will be used instead. If
this is specified in conjunction with -depth, then the exact visual will
be used.
- Example:
- cmdtool -visual StaticGray
- Argument(s):
- -Wf, or -foreground_color
- Type:
- integer integer integer
- Resource:
- Window.Color.Foreground
- Default:
- 0 0 0
- Description
- See Description in -Wb below.
- Argument(s):
- -Wb, or -background
- Type:
- integer integer integer
- Resource:
- Window.Color.Background
- Default:
- 255 255 255
- Description:
- These options allow the user to specify the foreground color (e.g., the
color of the text in a textsw), or the background color (e.g., the color
that the text is painted on) of an application. The three values should be
integers between 0 and 255. They specify the amount of red, green and blue
that is in the color. See -fg and -bg below for information
on similar functions.
- Example:
- cmdtool -Wf 0 0 255 -Wb 100 100 100
(would come up with a blue foreground, with a gray background)
- Argument(s):
- -fg, or -foreground
- Type:
- string (color name, or hexadecimal color specification)
- Resource:
- Window.Color.Foreground
- Default:
- black
- Description:
- See Description in -bg below.
- Argument(s):
- -bg, or -background
- Type:
- string (color name, or hexadecimal color specification)
- Resource:
- Window.Color.Background
- Default:
- white
- Description:
- These options are similar to the -Wf and -Wb options, except that they
take a color argument in the form of a predefined color name (lavender,
grey, goldenrod, etc.) from $OPENWINHOME/lib/rbg.txt, or a
hexadecimal representation. The hexadecimal representation is of the form
pound sign (#) followed by the hexadecimal representation of the red,
green and blue aspects of the color.
- Examples:
- cmdtool -fg blue -bg gray
(comes up with a blue foreground, with a gray background)
- cmdtool -fg #d800ff -bg white
(comes up with a purple foreground, with a white background)
- Argument(s):
- -WI, or -icon_image
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- Icon.Pixmap
- Default:
- depends on application
- Description:
- Sets the default filename for the icon's image. However, the application
can overwrite this setting and display its own icon image. The file must
be in XView icon format. The program iconedit(1) will allow one to
create an image in the icon format. Several icons have been provided in
the directory $OPENWINHOME/include/images. By convention, icon
format files end with the suffix .icon.
- Example:
- cmdtool -WI /usr/include/images/stop.icon
- Argument(s):
- -WL, or -icon_label
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- Icon.Footer
- Default:
- depends on application
- Description:
- Sets a default label for the base frame's icon. However, the application
can overwrite this setting and display its own icon label.
- Example:
- cmdtool -WL "Icon Label"
- Argument(s):
- -WT, or -icon_font
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- Icon.Font.Name
- Default:
- depends
- Description:
- Sets the name of the font used for the application's icon.
- Example:
- cmdtool -WT '*century schoolbook*'
- Argument(s):
- -Wd, or -default
- Type:
- string string
- Resource:
- given by the first string
- Default:
- none
- Description:
- This option allows the user to set resources that don't have command line
equivalents. The format is -default resource-name value . The XView
resources without specific command line arguments are discussed in the
following section.
- Example:
- cmdtool -default OpenWindows.ScrollbarPlacement left
- Argument(s):
- -xrm
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- given in the string
- Default:
- none
- Description:
- This option allows the user to set resources that don't have command line
equivalents. This is similar to the -default option, but it takes only one
argument, a string in the form of resource-name:value.
- Example:
- cmdtool -xrm OpenWindows.ScrollbarPlacement:right
- Argument(s):
- -WH, or -help
- Type:
- none
- Resource:
- none
- Default:
- none
- Description:
- Prints a description of the valid xview command line arguments for the
application.
- Argument(s):
- -sync or -synchronous, and +sync or +synchronous
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Window.Synchronous
- Default:
- +synchronous
- Description:
- These options allow you to make the connection that the application has
with the X11 server either synchronous (-sync) or asynchronous (+sync).
- Argument(s):
- -Wr, or -display
- Type:
- string (host:display{.screen})
- Resource:
- Server.Name
- Default:
- taken from the DISPLAY environment variable
- Description:
- Sets the name of the X11 server on which to connect. host is the
name or address of the machine on whose server you have permission to
display. display is a number corresponding to the server on which
to display for that machine, and screen corresponds to which screen
for the server. See reference manual page on xhost(1) for more
details on adding to permissions list.
- Examples:
- cmdtool -display foobar:0
(will bring up a cmdtool on the default screen of the display #0 of host
foobar)
- cmdtool -display foobar:0.1
(will bring up a cmdtool on screen #1 of display #0 of host foobar)
- Argument(s):
- -Wdxio, or -disable_xio_error_handler
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- none
- Default:
- enable xio handler—this option disables it
- Description:
- This option is useful for debugging an application. Whenever there is a
fatal XIO error, the server will print an error message before exiting.
XView installs a error handler to keep those messages from appearing. If
you would like to see these messages, use this option.
- Argument(s)
- -rv (or -reverse), and +rv (or +reverse)
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Window.ReverseVideo
- Default:
- False
- Description:
- These options control whether the foreground and background colors of the
application will be reversed. If True, the foreground and background
colors will be swapped. The -rv flag will set this to True, while the +rv
will set it to False. This is really only useful on monochrome displays.
- Argument(s):
- -name
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- None
- Default:
- argv[0]
- Description:
- Specifies the instance name of the application. This name is used to
construct the resource name used to perform lookups in the X11 Resource
Manager to look for the values of customizable attributes.
Internationalized Command Line Resource Arguments¶
The following command line arguments are relevant to internationalization.
Locale refers to the language and cultural conventions used in a program.
Locale setting is the method by which the language and cultural environment of
a system is set. Locale setting affects the display and manipulation of
language-dependent features.
The internationalization features that XView now supports include locale
setting. One of the ways locale can be set is with command line options. See
the
XView Programming Manual for details on other methods.
- Argument(s):
- -lc_basiclocale
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- basicLocale
- Default:
- "C"
- Description:
- Specifies the basic locale category, which sets the country of the user
interface.
- Argument(s):
- -lc_displaylang
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- displayLang
- Default:
- "C"
- Description:
- Specifies the display language locale category, sets the language in which
labels, messages, menu items, and help text are displayed.
- Argument(s):
- -lc_inputlang
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- inputLang
- Default:
- "C"
- Description:
- Specifies the input language locale category, sets the language used for
keyboard input.
- Argument(s):
- -lc_numeric
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- numeric
- Default:
- "C"
- Description:
- Specifies the numeric locale category, which defines the language used to
format numeric quantities.
- Argument(s):
- -lc_timeformat
- Type:
- string
- Resource:
- timeFormat
- Default:
- "C"
- Description:
- Specifies the time format locale category, which defines the language used
to format time and date.
Command Line Options/X Resources for Debugging¶
The following switches/resources can be used during development to avoid the
locking up of screens or other effects of X grabs that are done by XView.
It should be noted that these options/resources should only be used by
developers and are not for normal usage. The X grabs are done for a specific
reason, and are not meant to be customizable. Without the X grabs, certain
features in XView (those that depend on X grabs) might not function properly.
- Argument(s):
- -Wfsdb, or -fullscreendebug
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Fullscreen.Debug
- Default:
- FALSE
- Description:
- Enables/disables fullscreen debugging mode during which X grabs
(XGrabServer(), XGrabKeyboard(), XGrabPointer()) are not done. When using
the fullscreen pkg, the X11 server will be grabbed which prevents other
windows on the server from responding until the grab has been released by
the one window which initiated the grab. Refer to Appendix F in the
XView Manual: Converting SunView Applications for further details.
- Argument(s):
- -Wfsdbs, or -fullscreendebugserver
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Fullscreen.Debugserver
- Default:
- FALSE
- Description:
- Enables/disables server grabbing (XGrabServer()) that is done via the
fullscreen pkg. Refer to the Appendix F in the XView Manual: Converting
SunView Applications for further details.
- Argument(s):
- -Wfsdbk, or -fullscreendebugkbd
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Fullscreen.Debugkbd
- Default:
- FALSE
- Description:
- Enables/disables keyboard grabbing (XGrabKeyboard()) that is done via the
fullscreen pkg. Refer to the Appendix F in the XView Manual: Converting
SunView Applications for further details.
- Argument(s):
- -Wfsdbp, or -fullscreendebugptr
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Fullscreen.Debugptr
- Default:
- FALSE
- Description:
- Enables/disables pointer grabbing (XGrabPointer()) that is done via the
fullscreen pkg. Refer to the Appendix F in the XView Manual: Converting
SunView Applications for further details.
- Argument(s):
- -Wdpgs, or -disable_pass_grab_select
- Type:
- boolean
- Resource:
- Window.PassiveGrab.Select
- Default:
- TRUE
- Description:
- Disables the passive grab that is done on the SELECT button. XView does a
passive grab on the SELECT button to avoid input focus race conditions.
When this passive grab is disabled, input focus race conditions may be
seen.
- Example:
- % cmdtool -disable_pass_grab_select
This executes a cmdtool that does not perform any passive grabs on the
SELECT button. To do the same thing using X resources, add the following
entry to the X resource database:
Window.PassiveGrab.Select:False
.Xdefaults File¶
The
.Xdefaults file is used to store and retrieve resource settings. We
recommend, however, that you use the command line arguments described above in
order to change display characteristics. Changing the resources in the
.Xdefaults file will modify the behaviour of the user's session. Novice
users should not casually hand modify these settings. Before attempting edits
to this file please read the appropriate sections of the
Xlib Programming
Manual on the file format and the specific properties you intend to
change.
Note that resources documented below do not have command line arguments. It is
still possible, however, to change them without altering the
.Xdefaults
file. Refer to the command line arguments
-xrm and
-defaults for
instructions on how to to this. Additional resources that have command line
arguments are documented in the previous section. For mouseless resources
refer to the
XView Programming Manual.
The resources are documented in the following format:
- Resource:
- Resource Name ( If the resource can be modified by the
OpenWindows Property Sheet, the word Props will be
present.)
- Values:
- Possible Values, and/or Format of Values to be Assigned to Resource
(Default Value)
- Description
- Description of Resource.
- Resource:
- window.synchronous, +sync -sync
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- Useful when debugging or tracking down a problem since the error codes
emitted from Xlib will correspond to the immediate request made. Running
in a synchronous mode will cause the application to run significantly
slower.
- Resource:
- mouse.modifier.button2
- Values:
- Shift, Ctrl, any valid modifier keysym (Shift)
- Description
- When using a mouse with less than three buttons, this resource gets an
equivalent mapping for the second button which is the ADJUST button on a
three button mouse. For more information on keysyms, see the
xmodmap(1) reference manual page, Xlib documentation, and the
include file $OPENWINHOME/include/X11/Xkeymap.h.
- Resource:
- mouse.modifier.button3
- Values:
- Shift, Ctrl, any valid modifier keysym (Ctrl)
- Description
- When using a mouse with less than three buttons, this resource gets an
equivalent mapping for the third button which is the MENU button on a
three button mouse. For more information on keysyms, see the
xmodmap reference manual page, Xlib documentation, and the include
file $OPENWINHOME/include/X11/Xkeymap.h.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.beep (Props)
- Values:
- never, notices, always (always)
- Description
- When the value is notices, the audible bell will ring only when a
notice pops up. When the value is never, the audible bell will
never ring. When the value is always, the audible bell will always
ring when the bell function is called by a program.
- Resource:
- alarm.visible
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When ringing the bell in an XView program, flash the window as well to
alert the user.
- OpenWindows.windowColor (Props)
- Values:
- any valid X11 color specification (#cccccc—80% grey)
- Description
- Specify the base color for control areas for 3-D look. Takes hexadecimal
representation. Three other colors used for shading and highlighting are
calculated based upon the value of the specified control color. The actual
calculated values are done by the OLGX library to provide a consistent
color calculation between XView and OLWM. The desktop properties program
allows a full range of customization and previews what the chosen 3-D look
will look like. Does not apply to monochrome displays.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.workspaceColor (Props)
- Values:
- any valid X11 color specification (#cccccc—80% grey)
- Description
- Specifies the color for the root window and the background color for icons
that blend into the desktop.
- Resource:
- xview.icccmcompliant
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, tells XView to set window manager hints in a way that was used
before the ICCCM was adopted. Useful for window managers that were
released before X11R4. Not needed with the Open Look Window Manager
provided with Open Windows.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.3DLook.Color
- Values:
- True, False (True on all but monochrome screens)
- Description
- When False, do not use the 3-D look on a color or greyscale screen.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.dragRightDistance (Props)
- Values:
- N (100)
- Description
- Used by menus to determine when a pullright submenu would display when
dragging over the menu item near a submenu. N is an integer greater
than 0. A reasonable value might start at 20 and go to 200 or so. May need
to try different values to see what feels best to each person.
- Resource:
- Selection.Timeout
- Values:
- N (3)
- Description:
- Selection timeout value. N indicates the number of seconds that a
requestor or a selection owner waits for a response.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.GotoMenu.RecentCount
- Values:
- integer between 0 and 15 (8)
- Description:
- Specifies the number of recently visited directories shown in the Go To
Menu of a File Chooser.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.GotoMenu.UserDirs
- Values:
- string-list (NULL)
- Description:
- new-line (0 separated list of full-path names to directories that is added
to the top of the Go To Menu of a File Chooser.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand.*
- Description:
- These resources determine mouseless semantic action and its corresponding
key binding. Refer to the XView Reference Manual for a complete
listing and explanation of the OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand.* resources.
Refer to the XView Programming Manual for information on the
mouseless model.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.KeyboardCommands
- Values:
- SunView1, Basic, or Full
- Description:
- Controls the level of mouseless operation. All of the
OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand resource mappings may be modified by users, or
by specifying one the the three values for OpenWindows.KeyboardCommands.
For detailed information see the XView Programming Manual
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.MenuAccelerators
- Values:
- True or False (True)
- Description:
- Specifies whether or not to activate all keyboard menu acceleration
defined by applications. Menu accelerators are keystrokes that can be used
to invoke menu commands directly. They can be seen on the right side of
frequently used menu items as a set of keyboard qualifiers (with a
graphical diamond mark representing the meta key) and an accelerator key.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.MouseChordMenu
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description:
- Turns on the mouse chording mechanism. Mouse chording was implemented to
allow XView to work with two-button mice. Pressing the SELECT and the
ADJUST buttons at the same time will act as MENU button.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.MouseChordTimeout
- Values:
- N (100)
- Description:
- Mouse chording time-out value. N is in micro-seconds.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.SelectDisplaysMenu (Props)
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- When True, the SELECT button (usually left mouse) will display the menu as
well as the MENU button (usually right mouse).
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.popupJumpCursor (Props)
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- When False, do not warp the mouse to the notice when it appears.
- Resource:
- notice.beepCount
- Values:
- N (1)
- Description
- Where N is an integer to specify how many times to ring the bell when a
notice appears.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.scrollbarPlacement (Props)
- Values:
- Left, Right (Right)
- Description
- When set to Left, put all scrollbars on the lefthand side of the
window or object.
- Resource:
- OpenWindows.multiClickTimeout (Props)
- Values:
- N (4)
- Description
- Where N is an integer greater than 2. Set the number of tenths of a second
between clicks for a multi-click. A click is button-down, button-up pair.
- Resource:
- text.delimiterChars
- Values:
- string (' \011!\"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~')
- Description
- This resource allows the user to select the delimiter characters that are
used when doing word level selections in the XView package. It was added
because of the needs of the international marketplace, and it allows the
user to define the local delimiters for the character set that is being
used with the current keyboard and Sun workstation.
Note that the octal characters can be scrambled by Xrm during a
rewrite of the value of text.delimiter.Chars. Xrm interprets the
text.delimiterChar string when it is loaded. Specifically it will decode
the backslashed portions of the string and convert them to octal
representations. When this is passed to the client application, the logic
will function correctly. However, this misbehavior of Xrm causes
the string to be stored incorrectly if the user saves the
.Xdefaults file using the Xrm content of the string. The
specific problem(s) that occur are the stripping of the backslash
characters and the expansion of the tab character (\011).
To correct this problem, one can put the text.delimiterChar entry into an
.Xdefaults file that will not be overwritten when saving the
workspace properties (for example, a system wide defaults file). Or a copy
of the text.delimiterChar entry can be inserted after .Xdefaults
file saves.
- Resource:
- scrollbar.jumpCursor (Props)
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, the scrollbar will not move the mouse pointer when scrolling.
- Resource:
- scrollbar.repeatDelay
- Values:
- N (100)
- Description
- Where N is some integer greater than 2. Specifies the time in milliseconds
when a click becomes a repeated action.
- Resource:
- scrollbar.pageInterval
- Values:
- N (100)
- Description
- Where N is some integer greater than 2. Specifies the time in milliseconds
between repeats of a single page scroll.
- Resource:
- scrollbar.lineInterval
- Values:
- N (1)
- Description
- Where N is some integer greater than 0. Specifies the time in milliseconds
between repeats of a single line scroll. How long to pause scrolling when
holding down the SELECT button on the scrollbar elevator. Scrollbar sets
up a timer routine for repeats.
- Resource:
- text.maxDocumentSize
- Values:
- N (2000)
- Description
- Where N specifies the bytes used in memory before a text file is saved to
a file on disk. Once this limit is exceeded, the text package will send a
notice to the user to tell them that no more insertions are possible. If
the file being edited is saved to a file, or it is a disk file being
edited, then the limit does not apply.
- Resource:
- text.retained
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- If True, retain text windows with server backing store.
- Resource:
- text.extrasMenuFilename
- Values:
- filename (/usr/lib/.text_extras_menu)
- Description
- Where filename is an absolute location to a file. Can also be set via
environment variable EXTRASMENU. This file is used for the text package's
Extras menu. The commands specified in the extras menu are applied to the
contents of the current selection in the textsw window and then it inserts
the results at the current insertion point.
- Resource:
- text.enableScrollbar
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, do not put a scrollbar on textsw objects.
- Resource:
- text.againLimit
- Values:
- N (1)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 500. Number of operations the
"again history" remembers for a textsw.
- Resource:
- text.autoIndent
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- When True, begin the next line at the same indentation as the previous
line as typing in text.
- Resource:
- text.autoScrollBy
- Values:
- N (1)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 100. Specifies the number of lines to
scroll when type-in moves insertion point below the view.
- Resource:
- text.confirmOverwrite
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, do not give user confirmation if a save will overwrite an
existing file.
- Resource:
- text.displayControlChars
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, use an up arrow plus a letter to display the control character
instead of the character that is available for the current font.
- Resource:
- Text.DeleteReplacesClipboard
- Values:
- True, False (False)
- Description
- This resource controls whether text that has been selected and then
deleted by the delete key or replaced by any other keystroke will be
copied to the clipboard. If the value is True, then the selected text will
be copied to the clipboard. If the value is False, then the text selected
does not replace the clipboard.
This resource also applies to the text selected for the filter function. If
the resource is True, then the text selected for a filter function will
replace the clipboard when the filter successfully finishes. If the
resource is False, then the text selected does not replace the clipboard.
- Resource:
- text.undoLimit
- Values:
- N (50 maximum of 500)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 500. How many operations to save in
the undo history log. These operations will be undone when you press the
"Undo" key in the text window.
- Resource:
- text.insertMakesCaretVisible
- Values:
- If_auto_scroll (Always)
- Description
- Controls whether insertion causes repositioning to make inserted text
visible.
- Resource:
- text.lineBreak
- Values:
- Clip, Wrap_char, Wrap_word (Wrap_word)
- Description
- Determines how the textsw treats file lines when they are too big to fit
on one display line.
- Resource:
- text.margin.bottom
- Values:
- N (0)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between -1 and 50. Specifies the minimum number of
lines to maintain between insertion point and bottom of view. A value of
-1 turns auto scrolling off.
- Resource:
- mouse.multiclick.space
- Values:
- N (4)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 2 and 500. Specifies the maximum number of
pixels between successive mouse clicks to still have the clicks considered
as a multi-click event.
- Resource:
- text.storeChangesFile
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, do not change the name of the current file being edited to the
name of the file that is stored. The name of the current file is reflected
in the titlebar of the textedit frame.
- Resource:
- text.margin.top
- Values:
- N (2)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between -1 and 50. Specifies the minimum number of
lines to maintain between the start of the selection and the top of the
view. A value of -1 means defeat normal actions.
- Resource:
- text.margin.left
- Values:
- N (8)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 2000. Specifies the margin in pixels
that the text should maintain between the left hand border of the window
and the first character on each line.
- Resource:
- text.margin.right
- Values:
- N (0)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 2000. Specifies the margin in pixels
that the text should maintain between the right hand border of the window
and the last character on each line.
- Resource:
- text.tabWidth
- Values:
- N (8)
- Description
- Where N is an integer between 0 and 50. Specifies the width in characters
of the tab character.
- Resource:
- Text.LineSpacing
- Values:
- N (0)
- Description
- Where N is an integer which is the percentage of the maximum height of a
character in the Textsw window font to use as interline spacing. Setting
Text.LineSpacing to a nonzero positive number will increase the size of a
Textsw proportionally. xv_set() of WIN_ROWS will still yield the correct
number of rows. However, the window will be taller as compared to a Textsw
with Text.LineSpacing set to 0. This resource allows XView to conform to
TUV requirements. To meet TUV requirements, set Text.LineSpacing to 15 or
greater.
- Resource:
- term.boldStyle
- Values:
- None, Offset_X, Offset_Y, Offset_X_and_Y, Offset_XY, Offset_X_and_XY,
Offset_Y_and_XY, Offset_X_and_Y_and_XY, Invert (Invert)
- Description
- Specify the text bolding style for a terminal based window.
- Resource:
- term.inverseStyle
- Values:
- Enable, Disable, Same_as_bold (Enable)
- Description
- Specify the text inverting style for a terminal based window.
- Resource:
- term.underlineStyle
- Values:
- Enable, Disable, Same_as_bold (Enable)
- Description
- Specify the text underlining style for a terminal based window.
- Resource:
- term.useAlternateTtyswrc
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When True, and a $HOME/.ttyswrc is not found, look for an alternate
ttyswrc file. When False, do not look for an alternate file is one
is not found in the home directory, $HOME/.ttyswrc.
- Resource:
- term.alternateTtyswrc
- Values:
- filename ($XVIEWHOME/lib/.ttyswrc)
- Description
- Where filename specifies a complete filename and absolute path of an
alternate ttyswrc file. This is only used if a .ttyswrc file
is not found in $HOME/.ttyswrc and term.useAlternateTtyswrc is
True.
- Resource:
- term.enableEdit
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- When False, do not keep an editlog of what has been typed into the term
window. This is set to false automatically when switching from a
scrollable term to one that is not scrollable.
- Resource:
- ttysw.eightBitOutput
- Values:
- True, False (True)
- Description
- This resource controls whether characters modified by the meta modifier
are encoded as eight-bit characters when passed to the ttysw's pty or are
delivered as seven-bit characters.
- Resource:
- ttysw.yieldModifiers
- Values:
-
Meta, Alt (The default is to not remove any semantic meaning from any
modifiers)
- Description
- This resource takes as a value a list of modifier keys. Any semantic
meaning (mouseless command or keyboard accelerator) that would normally be
associated with the listed modifiers when the keyboard focus is in a ttysw
or termsw would be removed.
ENVIRONMENT¶
$OPENWINHOME is the directory in which the server's directory hierarchy
is installed.
$DISPLAY is the name of the server and screen to which applications
should display.
$LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the SunOS shared library search path.
$HELPPATH is the path that applications will search for Open Look Help
files.
FILES¶
- $OPENWINHOME/include/images
- XView images
- $OPENWINHOME/lib
- XView Libraries
- $OPENWINHOME/include
- Include files
- $OPENWINHOME/bin
- Binaries
- $OPENWINHOME/share/src/xview/demos
- XView demo programs
- $OPENWINHOME/share/src/xview/examples
- XView example programs
SEE ALSO¶
openwin(1),
xnews(1),
xlsfonts(1),
xmodmap(1),
iconedit(1)