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1    Introducing the DECwindows Motif Graphical User Interface
1.1    X Servers and Clients
1.2    Window Manager
1.3    Session Manager
1.4    X Client Applications
1.4.1    Terminal Emulators
1.4.2    DECwindows Motif Client Applications
1.4.3    X Consortium Client Applications

2    Starting Your Session
2.1    Starting a Session
2.1.1    Starting Applications
2.1.2    Reading Documentation On Line
2.1.3    Pausing a Session
2.1.4    Ending a Session
2.2    Getting Help
2.2.1    Opening a Help Window
2.2.2    An Alternative Help Style

3    Working with Windows
3.1    Using the Mouse
3.1.1    Summary of Mouse Techniques
3.2    Managing Windows
3.2.1    Parts of a Window
3.2.2    Making Windows Active
3.2.3    Moving Windows
3.2.4    Resizing Windows
3.2.4.1    Minimizing Windows
3.2.4.2    Maximizing Windows
3.2.5    Viewing Text with Scroll Bars
3.2.6    Special Menus to Manage Windows
3.2.6.1    Using the Workspace Menu to Arrange Windows
3.2.7    Customizing Your Windows
3.3    Interacting with DECwindows
3.3.1    Working with Menus
3.3.1.1    Two Menu Shortcuts
3.3.1.2    Using Tear-Off Menus
3.3.2    Working with Dialog Boxes
3.3.2.1    Changing Information in a Dialog Box
3.3.2.2    Saving Your Settings
3.3.2.3    Making Selections from List Boxes
3.3.3    Working with Message Boxes

Part 2 Performing Everyday Tasks

4    Performing Common Tasks
4.1    Working with Text
4.1.1    Selecting Text
4.1.2    Copying Text
4.1.3    Deleting Text with Pending Delete
4.1.4    Text Editing Key Definitions
4.1.5    Copying Text with Drag and Drop
4.2    Printing Files
4.3    Mixing Colors
4.3.1    Using the Color Picker
4.3.2    Using Other Color Models
4.3.3    Using the Scratch Pad
4.4    Running Applications Across the Network
4.4.1    Authorizing Access to Your Workstation
4.4.2    Enabling the Display

5    DECwindows Desktop Applications
5.1    Starting Applications
5.1.1    Changing Settings
5.1.2    For More Information
5.2    Using Bookreader
5.2.1    Opening a Book
5.2.1.1    Locating Topics in the Navigation Window
5.2.2    Opening a Topic to Read Text
5.2.2.1    Navigating with Hotspots
5.2.2.2    Displaying Figures, Tables, and Examples
5.2.3    Summary of Other Bookreader Features
5.2.4    Something to Try
5.3    Using Calculator
5.3.1    Changing the Mode
5.3.2    Entering Data
5.3.3    Performing Arithmetic Functions
5.3.4    Storing Values in Memory
5.3.5    Performing Special Functions
5.3.6    Copying Text
5.3.7    Saving Customized Settings
5.4    Using Calendar
5.4.1    Creating an Entry in the Day Display
5.4.2    Sending and Receiving Calendar Entries Through Mail
5.4.3    Summary of Other Calendar Features
5.4.4    Something to Try
5.5    Using Cardfiler
5.5.1    Creating or Opening a Card File
5.5.2    Creating Cards
5.5.3    Summary of Other Cardfiler Features
5.5.4    Something to Try
5.6    Using CDA Viewer
5.6.1    Viewing Files
5.6.2    Specifying Supported File Formats
5.6.3    Summary of Other CDA Viewer Features
5.6.4    Something to Try
5.7    Using Clock
5.7.1    Customizing the Clock Display
5.7.2    Setting the Alarm
5.8    Using DECterm
5.8.1    Summary of Other DECterm Features
5.9    Using Mail
5.9.1    Sending a Message to a Distribution List
5.9.2    Sending PostScript Files
5.9.3    Reading Messages
5.9.3.1    Reading Nontext Messages
5.9.3.2    Reading an Old Message
5.9.4    Using Accelerators
5.9.5    Summary of Other Mail Features
5.9.6    Something to Try
5.10    Using Notepad
5.10.1    Entering Text
5.10.1.1    Formatting Text
5.10.1.2    Scrolling the Buffer
5.10.2    Editing a File
5.10.2.1    Moving the Cursor
5.10.3    Canceling an Edit
5.10.4    Moving Text
5.10.5    Copying Text
5.10.6    Saving Text in a File
5.10.7    Exiting from an Editing Session
5.10.8    Summary of Other Notepad Features
5.10.9    Something to Try
5.11    Using Paint
5.11.1    Shortcuts to Paint Operations
5.11.2    Summary of Other Paint Features
5.11.3    Something to Try
5.12    Using Print Screen
5.12.1    Taking Screen Snapshots
5.12.2    Using a Time Delay
5.12.3    Summary of Other Print Screen Features
5.13    Using Visual Differences
5.13.1    Selecting Files to Compare
5.13.2    Displaying the Differences
5.13.3    Moving Between Differences
5.13.4    Summary of Other Differences Features

6    Customizing the Window Manager
6.1    Customizing Your Workspace
6.2    Customizing Your Window Borders
6.3    Customizing Your Window Border Colors
6.4    Customizing Icon Appearance
6.4.1    Customizing Icon Colors
6.5    Customizing the Matte
6.6    Saving Your New Settings
6.7    Advanced Customization

7    Customizing Your Session
7.1    Customizing Your Startup Environment
7.2    Changing Your Session Manager Settings
7.2.1    Customizing Window Patterns and Colors
7.2.2    Changing Your Security Settings
7.3    Customizing Keyboard Settings
7.4    Setting Another Session Language
7.4.1    Keyboard Type
7.5    Customizing Your Pointer
7.5.1    Saving Your New Settings
7.6    Advanced Customization

Part 3 Advanced User Topics

8    Using Advanced Mail Features
8.1    Changing Editors
8.2    Picking Messages
8.3    Autosorting Incoming Mail
8.4    Customizing Your Mail Environment
8.4.1    Modifying Your Mail Profile
8.4.2    Adding Commands to Menus and Button Boxes
8.4.3    Improving Mail Startup Performance

9    Using Configuration Files to Customize Your Windows Environment
9.1    Understanding Resources and Resource Files
9.1.1    Where Resource Values Are Specified
9.1.2    Creating the \f6\&.Xdefaults\fP File
9.1.3    Specifying Colors and Fonts
9.1.3.1    Resource Specification Examples
9.1.3.2    Specifying Colors and Fonts on the Command Line
9.1.4    Considerations for Setting Resources
9.1.5    Locating Resources
9.2    Changing Key Definitions
9.2.1    Assigning New Text Editing Commands
9.2.2    Example Text Translations
9.3    Changing Keyboards
9.4    Customizing the Motif Window Manager (mwm)
9.4.1    Setting Window Manager Resources
9.4.2    Customizing Window Manager Behavior
9.4.3    Customizing the Workspace Menu

10    Access to DECwindows for People with Disabilities
10.1    Using AccessX
10.1.1    Selecting AccessX Features
10.1.1.1    Selections for the AccessX Utility
10.1.1.2    Keyboard Control and Keyboard Response Boxes
10.1.1.3    Menu Bar
10.1.1.3.1    File Submenu
10.1.1.3.2    Adjust Submenu
10.1.1.3.3    Status Submenu
10.1.1.3.4    Help Submenu
10.1.2    Adjust Settings Dialog Box
10.1.3    StickyKeys
10.1.3.1    Turning StickyKeys On and Off
10.1.3.2    Using StickyKeys
10.1.3.3    Customizing StickyKeys
10.1.4    MouseKeys
10.1.4.1    Turning MouseKeys On and Off
10.1.4.2    Using MouseKeys
10.1.4.3    Using the Mouse and MouseKeys Together
10.1.4.4    Customizing MouseKeys
10.1.5    ToggleKeys
10.1.6    RepeatKeys
10.1.6.1    Turning RepeatKeys On and Off
10.1.6.2    Customizing RepeatKeys
10.1.7    SlowKeys
10.1.7.1    Turning SlowKeys On and Off
10.1.7.2    Customizing SlowKeys
10.1.8    BounceKeys
10.1.8.1    Turning BounceKeys On and Off
10.1.8.2    Customizing BounceKeys
10.2    Optacon II
10.3    Puff
10.4    Xsoundsentry

A    Using DECwindows with a Keyboard
A.1    Traversing Menu Bars and Pull-Down Menus
A.2    Traversing Windows
A.2.1    Moving Between Windows
A.2.2    Moving Within Windows
A.3    Traversing Dialog Boxes

B    Composing Characters

C    Commands That Help You Manage Windows
C.1    Resetting Environment Variables with \f6resize\fP
C.1.1    When to Use \f6resize\fP
C.1.2    Example
C.2    Repainting the Screen with \f6xrefresh\fP
C.2.1    When to Use \f6xrefresh\fP
C.2.2    Examples

D    Sample Resource and Configuration Files
D.1    Motif Window Manager Resources
D.2    Sample Motif Window Manager Configuration File
D.3    Sample \f6.Xdefaults\fP Resource File

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