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dtstyle(1)
CDE
NAME
dtstyle - the CDE Style Manager
SYNOPSIS
dtstyle
There are no Style Manager options that you can specify on the command
line.
DESCRIPTION
The dtstyle command lets you customize desktop visual elements and system
behavior with the Style Manager.
This component consists of the user interface and supporting code that
allows you to interactively customize most of the visual elements and
system behavior for the CDE. This component also helps define some resource
utilization conventions. The Style Manager's main window is invoked from
the Front Panel and contains icons representing customization of several
areas.
Key Supported Tasks
Colors Sets the color palette that is used for window colors in the
workspace.
Fonts Sets the application font sizes as applications are started.
Backdrop Sets the backdrops for workspaces.
Keyboard Sets the keyboard's key click volume and character repeat
capability.
Mouse Sets the mouse button click settings, double-click speed, pointer
acceleration and pointer movement threshold.
Beep Sets the beeper volume, tone, and duration.
Screen Sets the screen lock and time-out intervals, chooses the screen
saver clients to be run at time out and screen lock and previews
the selected screen saver clients.
Window Sets the window focus policy, window raise policy and
iconification policy (in an icon box or on the desktop).
Startup Sets the session startup policy.
OPTIONS
There are no style manage specific options that can be set from the command
line.
RESTRICTIONS
Only a single copy of dtstyle is permitted to run per CDE session.
Attempts to start a second copy of dtstyle will fail and log an error to
the $HOME/.dt/errorlog file.
Color palettes cannot be customized in the current version if the graphics
adapter is running in Truecolor or Directcolor visual mode. These devices
provide a read-only colormap. In this mode, the buttons for Add, Delete,
and Modify are dimmed in the Style Manager Color dialog box. The workaround
for creating custom color palettes is to start the X server in Pseudocolor
visual mode by modifying the X server startup line in
/etc/dt/config/Xservers. See the Common Desktop Environment: Advanced
User's and System Administrator's Guide for more information on customizing
startup files.
RESOURCES
Style Manager-specific resources
The Style Manager used the following resources to control its appearance
and behavior.
Name Class type Default
___________________________________________________________
writeXrdbImmediate WriteXrdbImmediate Boolean true
writeXrdbImmediate
Controls when new font size or new mouse double-click time
resources are used. If True, new resources are used when new
clients start. If False, new resources are used at the next
session (after logout, with Resume Current Session selected in
the Startup dialog).
The following resources are specified in Dtstyle (the dtstyle app-defaults
file).
Name Class Type Default
_________________________________________________________________
mainRC.orientation XmNorientation string HORIZONTAL
componentList ComponentList string see below*
componentList ComponentList string see below*
secondaryColorSetId SecondaryColorSetId int 6
toneScale.maximum XmCMaximum int 9000
toneScale.minimum XmCMaximum int 82
durationScale.maximum XmCMaximum int 25
mainRC.orientation
Controls the layout of the Style Manager main window. If this
resource is set to VERTICAL then the Style Manager main window is
displayed vertically.
componentList
Specifies the Style Manager components with a list of component
keywords separated by spaces. Valid component keywords include:
Color, Font, Backdrop, Keyboard, Mouse, Beep, Screen, Window, and
Startup. The default componentList value is: Color Font Backdrop
Keyboard Mouse Beep Screen Window Startup.
secondaryColorSetId
Specifies the color to be used for the menubar and all menus and
dialogs of the dtstyle application.
toneScale.maximum
Specifies the maximum value to be used for the tone slider in the
Beep dialog.
toneScale.minimum
Specifies the minimum value to be used for the tone slider in the
Beep dialog.
durationScale.maximum
Specifies the maximum value to be used for the duration slider in
the Beep dialog.
fileMenu.exit.accelerator
Specifies the accelerator key for the Exit menu option of the
style manager main window.
fileMenu.exit.acceleratorText
Specifies the text for the accelerator key that appears next to
the Exit menu option of the Style Manager main window.
dtstyle Specific Resources
The following font resources are specified in Dtstyle
Name Class Type Default
____________________________________________________
numFonts NumFonts int 6
systemFont1 SystemFont1 FontList see SF1 below
systemFont2 SystemFont2 FontList see SF2 below
systemFont3 SystemFont3 FontList see SF3 below
systemFont4 SystemFont4 FontList see SF4 below
systemFont5 SystemFont5 FontList see SF5 below
systemFont6 SystemFont6 FontList see SF6 below
systemFont7 SystemFont7 FontList see SF7 below
userFont1 UserFont1 FontList see UF1 below
userFont2 UserFont2 FontList see UF2 below
userFont3 UserFont3 FontList see UF3 below
userFont4 UserFont4 FontList see UF4 below
userFont5 UserFont5 FontList see UF5 below
userFont6 UserFont6 FontList see UF6 below
userFont7 UserFont7 FontList see UF7 below
numFonts Specifies the number of System/User Font alias pairs presented in
the Font dialog. The default is 7.
systemFont[1-7]
Specifies a SystemFont alias for a particular font size that can
be selected in the Font dialog.
The default system font aliases are:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-xxs*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-xs*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-m*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-l*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-xl*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-xxl*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
userFontV[1-6]
Specifies a UserFont for a particular font size that can be
selected in the Font dialog.
The default user fonts are local-specific. For English
language-US the defaults are:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-xxs*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-xs*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-m*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-l*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-xl*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-xxl*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*:
Color and backdrop resources: Global to the desktop
The following resources are used by more than one desktop
component. The syntax for specifying global resources is:
*resource_id.
Name Class Type Default
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colorUse ColorUse int dynamic*
dynamicColor DynamicColor Boolean true
foregroundColor ForegroundColor int dynamic*
shadowPixmaps ShadowPixmaps int dynamic*
writeXrdbColors WriteXrdbColors Boolean true
The display type determines default.
ColorUse Specifies the number of colors to use for the user interface. The
default value for this resource is dependent on the number of bit
planes available in the display. However, to reduce the number of
col- ors used by the desktop, the default color use for a high
color display is MEDIUM_COLOR. Valid values are:
B_W Specifies a black-and-white system. The color palettes
use only Black and White (color cells 0 and 1) and
icons are displayed as bitonal images. In this
configuration four color palettes are available: Black,
White, BlackWhite and WhiteBlack. These palettes do not
dynamically change. To change a palette, the session
must be restarted. This resource value forces
shadowPixmaps to True, and foregroundColor to either
black or white depending on the palette chosen.
LOW_COLOR Specifies a low-color system. The color palettes use
two color sets and icons are displayed as bitonal
images. The number of color cells can be further
reduced by using the resources shadowPixmaps and
foregroundColor.
MEDIUM_COLOR
Specifies a medium-color system. The color palettes use
four color sets and icons are displayed as bitonal
images. The number of color cells can be further
reduced by using the resources shadowPixmaps and
foregroundColor.
HIGH_COLOR
Specifies a high-color system. The color palettes use
eight color sets and icons are displayed as multi-color
images. The number of color cells can be reduced by
using the resources shadowPixmaps and foregroundColor.
planes ColorUse
_____________________
2-3 B_W
4 LOW_COLOR
6 MEDIUM_COLOR
8+ HIGH_COLOR
dynamicColor
This resource can have values of True or False.
dynamicColor is used to reduce the number of color
cells being used. Once a palette has been selected and
it is not likely to be changed, dynamicColor can be set
to False. If set to False colors cannot be dynamically
changed using the Style Manager. A selected palette
will take effect the next session. The next time the
session comes up, the color server uses Read Only color
cells that can be shared by all clients, thus reducing
the number of color cells used.
foregroundColor
This resource can have values of White, Black or
Dynamic. foregroundColor causes all text (foreground)
to use either pixel 0 or 1 (Black or White) or to have
a color cell dedicated to foreground that changes in
response to the background color (Dynamic) for each
ColorSet. If set to White or Black, the number of color
cells used per ColorSet is reduced by 1.
shadowPixmaps
For color systems, this resource can have a value of
True or False. If True, topShadowColor and
bottomShadowColor use the same pixel as background and
topShadowPixmap and bottomShadowPixmap are specified
instead of solid color to create the 3D look. This
reduces the number of color cells per ColorSet by 2.
shadowPixmaps defaults to True for systems with four or
fewer color planes (16 or fewer color cells), and False
for systems with more than fewer color planes.
writeXrdbColors
This resource should only be used if non desktop Motif
clients are to be run that have color schemes that
conflict with the desktop colors. This resource has no
impact on clients linked with the desktop Motif
library. This resource specifies whether color resource
information should be written out. If set to False,
background and foreground resources are not written out
with the values of the current palette. This means
that the above-mentioned clients do not get the desktop
colors when they are started. The default value is
True.
Color resources: client-specific
The following resources are specified on a per-client
basis. The syntax for specifying client-specific
resources is: client_name_or_class*resource_id.
Name Class Type Default
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primaryColorSetId PrimaryColorSetId int 3
secondaryColorSetId SecondaryColorSetId int 4
primaryColorSetId
This resource specifies the primary color for an
application. The primary color is used for the main
background areas of the application and all children of
the main area. The value of this resource is a number
from one to eight that represents a specific color set
in a palette.
secondaryColorSetId
This resource specifies the secondary color for an
application. The secondary color is used for the
menubar and all menus and dialogs of the application.
This allows dialogs on the screen to be visually
associated with their parent applications by matching
the dialog color to the menubar. The value of this
resource is a number from one to eight that represents
a specific color set in a palette.
Color resources: dtwm-specific
The following are dtwm-specific resources.
Name Class Type Default
________________________________________________________
activeColorSetId ActiveColorSetId int 1
inactiveColorSetId InactiveColorSetId int 2
activeColorSetId
Specifies the active frame color for dtwm. The value of
this resource is a number from one to eight, which
represents a specific color set in a palette.
inactiveColorSetId
Specifies the inactive frame color for dtwm. The value
of this resource is a number from one to eight, which
represents a specific color set in a palette.
Resources saved to xrdb by the style manager
The following resources are written out to xrdb by the
Style Manager.
*HelpColorUse
Color use mode for help.
*ColorUse Color use mode.
*ColorPalette
Value of current color palette
*MonochromePalette
Value of the current palette if it is monochrome.
*background
Motif resource.
*foreground
Motif resource.
Dtwm.keyboardFocusPolicy
Motif resource.
Dtwm*focusAutoRaise
Motif resource.
Dtwm*moveOpaque
Motif resource.
Dtwm*useIconBox
Motif resource.
*multiClickTime
Motif resource.
*enableBtn1Transfer
When set to true, button 2 performs adjust operation at
the next session.
*systemFont: <systemFont[1-7]>
Font displayed in labels and other non-editable text
areas.
*userFont: <userFont[1-7]>
Font displayed in text widgets.
*FontList: <systemFont[1-7]>
Motif resource.
*XmText*FontList: <userFont[1-7]>
Motif resource.
*XmTextField*FontList: <userFont[1-7]>
Motif resource.
*Font: <systemFont[1-7]>
Motif resource.
*FontSet: <systemFont[1-7]>
Font resource.
*DtEditor*textFontList: <userFont[1-7]>
dtpad resource.
ENVIRONMENT
DTSCREENSAVERLIST
This environment variable specifies the names of the available
screen saver actions (separated by a blank space). Using this
variable allows the Style Manager to query the actions data base
and display a list of the available screen saver clients for the
user and to invoke screen saver actions for preview of selected
screen savers.
BROADCAST MESSAGES
None
PROPERTIES AND SELECTIONS
The Style Manager uses X properties to communicate with the session manager
and the window manager.
DIAGNOSTICS
This will replace your home session with the current session. Continue?
Startup dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog when you push Set Home
Session...
palette named `%s' already exists. This new palette will
overwrite the old one. Is this what you want to do?
Add Palette dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog when an existing
palette name is specified.
Delete palette `%s'?
Delete Palette dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog when a palette
is being deleted.
The new double-click time will take effect as applications
are restarted. Other mouse values take effect immediately.
Mouse dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog after you select a new
double - click time and presses OK (and the resource *WriteXrdbImmediate is
True).
The new double-click time will take effect at your next
session. Other mouse values take effect immediately.
Mouse dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog after you select a new
double-click time and presses OK (and the resource *WriteXrdbImmediate is
False).
The right and left mouse buttons will switch function
immediately after you push OK below. Look at the mouse visual in Style
Manager Mouse window for indication of current handedness.
Mouse dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog after you select the
left-handed or right-handed toggle to change mouse handedness.
The function of the middle button will switch at your next
session if you push OK below. Note that when the middle button is set
to perform the adjust operation, the transfer operation is integrated
with the select button by holding down the select button and dragging.
Mouse dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog after you select the
transfer or adjust toggles to change the function of the middle button.
The new Color Use value will take effect at your next
session.
ColorUse dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog when the color use
mode is changed and OK is pushed.
The selected palette will take effect at your next session.
Color dialog - Message appears in a warning dialog when the desktop is
running in Black and White mode and a new palette is selected in the Color
dialog.
ERROR MESSAGES
You must select an item within the Style Manager.
Main window - Message appears in an error dialog when On Item Help is being
used and you click on an area outside of the Style Manager main window
area.
Couldn't open bitmap directory `%s'.
Backdrop dialog - Message appears in an error dialog when the bitmap
directory could not be loaded.
There are no backdrop icons available in `%s'. See your
System Administrator or the User's Guide for more details.
Backdrop dialog - Message appears in an error dialog when the bitmap
directory is empty.
The palette name cannot contain these characters: :( ) [ ]
{ } < > ! | ` / \
Color dialog - Messages appear in an error dialog when the specified
palette name is not acceptable.
The palette name must be 10 characters or less.
Color dialog - Messages appear in an error dialog when the specified
palette name is not acceptable.
The color portion of the Style Manager will not operate
because the color server is not running. Check $HOME/.dt/errorlog.
Color dialog - Messages appear in an error dialog when the color icon is
selected and the color server is not running for some reason.
The color portion of the Style Manager will not operate
because the resource useColorObj is set to False.
Color dialog - Messages can be caused to appear in an error dialog by
setting the resource *useColorObj to False and then running dtstyle and
trying to post the Color Dialog.
The color portion of the Style Manager will not operate
because there are no palette files available. Check
$HOME/.dt/errorlog.
Color dialog - Messages appears in an error dialog when the color icon is
selected and there are no palette files to be found.
FILES
Icon files Icons used in the style manger.
App-default file
Dtstyle - contains application resources for the Style
Manager.
Palette files Files that contain the default and customized palettes.
Backdrop file Files containing the data for backdrop customization.
SEE ALSO
Dtsession Acts as a color server and runs the screen saver clients.
Dtwm The window manager can be restarted when certain environment
customization operations are performed so that changes can
take effect.
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