Motif VAXDWEUR01_U5012 VAX Motif V1.2-5 Euro Sign Support ECO Summary
TITLE: Motif VAXDWEUR01_U5012 VAX Motif V1.2-5 Euro Sign Support ECO Summary
Modification Date: 06-JAN-99
Modification Type: DOCUMENTATION: Editorial Modification
Moved Kit from Motif Directory to
DECwindows_Motif Directory on the FTP Site
Modification Date: 29-DEC-98
Modification Type: New Kit
NOTE: An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded
by typing RUN compressed_file. The resultant file will
be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which
can be used to install the ECO.
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 1998. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: DECwindows Motif[R] V1.2-5
OP/SYS: DIGITAL OpenVMS VAX
COMPONENT: Euro Sign Support
DECW$XLIBSHR.EXE
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VAXDWEUR01_U5012
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 10332 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2, V5.5-2H4, V6.2,
V7.1, V7.2
System Reboot Necessary: No
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Not Applicable
Installation Rating: INSTALL_2
2 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
using the following feature(s):
Euro currency sign
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
None
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
There are no dependent kits. However, you can optionally
install kits for Euro-locale support. See below for details.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for DECwindows Motif V1.2-5 on OpenVMS VAX 5.5-2,
5.5-2H4, 6.2, 7.1, and 7.2.
New Functionality:
o This kit provides Euro sign support for OpenVMS DECwindows
Motif Version 1.2-5. After installing the kit and performing
the setup, you can enter and display the Euro sign on OpenVMS
DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 running on supported versions
of OpenVMS.
o Once Euro support is enabled on your system, you can display
the Euro sign with any ISO8859-1 bitmap font on your
workstation, with no additional setup.
DECwindows applications that use standard Latin 1 fonts to
display text will automatically display the Euro sign for
character 0xA4. The character set part of the XLFD name of
these Latin 1 fonts is ISO8859-1. To display the Euro sign
in a DECterm window, be sure the following two items are
selected in the DECterm General Options dialog box:
- UPSS ISO Latin 1
- 8-Bit Multinational Characters
o Once Euro support is enabled, you can enter the Euro sign on
your workstation with any keyboard attached to your system
without any additional setup.
If you use an LK4**-** LK-type keyboard with a *LK401* keymap,
enter the Euro sign using a LeftCompose + E key sequence; that
is, press the E key while holding down the LeftCompose key.
If you use a PC-type keyboard, such as LK44*-**, PCXA*-**, or
LK97W-**, with a *LK44* keymap, enter the Euro sign using a
RightAlt + E key sequence.
LK style PC style
--------------- -------------
LeftCompose + E RightAlt + E
If you use an LK201-** keyboard and keymap, enter the Euro
sign using the same key sequence you use for the currency
sign. For example:
Compose+Space o x or Compose+Space O X
Compose+Space x o or Compose+Space X O
Compose+Space 0 x or Compose+Space 0 X
Compose+Space x 0 or Compose+Space X 0
Note that the RUSSIAN_LK401_BT keymap does not support the
LeftCompose + E key sequence.
The POLISH_LK401_BT keymap supports Euro input using the
LeftCompose + U key sequence.
If you have been entering compose characters with LeftCompose
key or RightCompose key, you can continue entering the compose
characters with RightCompose key after installing the Euro
kit.
o To display and edit the Euro sign in the DECTPU DECwindows
interface, specify the ISO Latin 1 character set as follows:
$ EDIT/TPU/INTERFACE=DECWINDOWS/CHARACTER_SET=ISO_LATIN1
Optional Euro-Locale Support:
o After Motif Euro support is enabled, a character code 0xA4 is
always displayed because the Euro sign and the key sequence to
enter the Euro sign is always in effect, regardless of the
process's locale and codeset.
Euro-locale support by the DEC C Run-Time Library is not
necessary for OpenVMS Motif Euro support. However, if you
want to run Motif applications in Euro-locale, you must
install Euro-locale support, which is included in the
following kits:
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2 VMSI18N072
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.1 VAXVMSI18N01_071
OpenVMS VAX Version 6.2 VAXVMSI18N01_062
OpenVMS VAX Version 5.5-2 N/A
For customer convenience, kit VMSI18N072 ships on the OpenVMS
Version 7.2 kit.
Known Issues in the VAXDWEUR01_U5012 Kit:
o When a Euro sign is pasted or sent to another window
application on a different platform (such as UNIX) using
Compound Text format, the character may not be recognized as a
Euro sign on the other platform.
o If a DECwindows Motif language variant kit, such as Japanese or
Hebrew, is installed, the Euro sign is not supported.
o The Euro sign is not provided in DECwindows scalable fonts.
Applications using scalable fonts cannot display the Euro
sign.
o You can use EDT to enter Euro characters using EDT's special
insert function with the character code, but the Euro may not
display correctly on the screen while you are using the EDT
editor.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The system/cluster does not need to be rebooted after this kit is
installed. However, DECwindows should be shutdown and restarted
in order for all kit changes to take effect.
The installation procedure does not enable Euro support functionality.
To enable it, perform the following postinstallation setup:
o Copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE to
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM and add the following
line in DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM so that it calls
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$EURO_SERVER_SETUP.COM:
$ @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$EURO_APPS_SETUP.COM
o Copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE to
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM. In the
DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM file, find the label
FINAL_SETUP_ENTRY: and add the following line just after
that label:
$ @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$EURO_SERVER_SETUP.COM
Restart DECwindows using the following command after you have successfully
completed the steps outlined in the previous two sections.
$ @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART
If you have other DECwindows X11 display servers (Workstations) in an
OpenVMS Cluster system, you should also restart DECwindows on those
systems to make use of the new images.
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This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
European Site
Files on this server are as follows:
vaxdweur01_u5012.README
vaxdweur01_u5012.CHKSUM
vaxdweur01_u5012.CVRLET_TXT
vaxdweur01_u5012.a-dcx_vaxexe
