To help meet specific needs when working with the DIGITAL UNIX operating system, Compaq makes available documentation that supplements the DIGITAL UNIX documentation set. Some of these documents are produced by Compaq and others are produced by other organizations and provided by Compaq.
The Documentation CD-ROM, Operating System CD-ROM, Associated Products CD-ROMs volumes 1 and 2 all contain supplementary documentation. Much of this documentation pertains to individual components.
For example, the Associated Products Volume 1 CD-ROM contains installation guides for the Multimedia Services for DIGITAL UNIX run-time environment, DECevent, and the Porting Assistant. Other component-specific information includes release notes, Software Product Descriptions (SPD), and user information.
This Documentation Overview does not list all of the supplementary documentation on the CD-ROMs, but it does provide some guidance in the following sections.
You can access the supplementary documentation described in the following sections by clicking on the bookshelf called Supplementary Documentation on the Documentation CD-ROM. Links to some of this documention are also provided on other bookshelves.
Much of this documentation is provided in both HTML and PDF formats; some is provided only in one of the two formats. If your system is configured as suggested, you can click on the HTML link to view the document in your Web browser or click on the PDF link to view the document in Acrobat Reader.
This is an online version of the document called DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0E CD-ROMs, which is included in the DIGITAL UNIX media kit. It provides brief listings of the components on the CD-ROMs in the media kit.
The DIGITAL UNIX Year 2000 Readiness document contains information about the DIGITAL UNIX Year 2000 program to help you prepare your system for the turn of the century. It also includes other important Year 2000 information on previous DIGITAL UNIX versions and layered products, and describes testing methodologies and guidelines.
Included in this document are links to related Web sites.
Distributed by the Internet Software Consortium, the Name Server Operations Guide for BIND describes the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Release 4.9.3 and its implementation as an Internet name server for BSD-derived operating systems.
The New and Changed Features from Prior Releases document is a new HTML listing of the major features that were introduced and changes that were made to the DIGITAL UNIX operating system from Version 4.0 through Version 4.0D. The information in this document was originally presented in the New and Changed Features chapter of the operating system Release Notes for each of those versions.
The
sendmail Installation and Operation Guide
describes the configuration file for Version 8.7 of the
sendmail
utility, which implements a general-purpose internetwork mail
routing facility under the DIGITAL UNIX operating system.
The
sendmail
utility is not tied to any one transport
protocol -- its function may be likened to a crossbar switch, relaying
messages from one domain into another.
In the process, it can do a limited
amount of message header editing to put the message into a format that is
appropriate for the receiving domain.
All of this is done under the control
of a configuration file.
The DIGITAL UNIX operating system includes a Java Development Kit (JDK), which provides tools to develop and run Java applets and programs on the DIGITAL UNIX operating system.
Access to the Java documentation depends upon whether the Java Development Kit is installed on your system and how your system administrator has set up your system. Clicking on Java Overview on the Supplementary Documentation bookshelf takes you to a page that provides information about viewing the Java documentation. This page also provides a Web link to the JavaSoft JDK documentation at the Sun Microsystems Java site.
The books in this section are designed to aid programmers who are creating or modifying applications that use the DECwindows graphical user interface.
DECwindows Companion to the OSF/Motif Style Guide
This manual provides supplemental information to the OSF/Motif Style Guide. It contains more detailed explanations and illustrations for application developers to help them create consistent user interfaces for their applications.
DECwindows Motif Guide to Application Programming
This manual describes the DECwindows Motif Toolkit and how to use it to design a DECwindows application interface. In particular, it describes the programming interface for widgets that Compaq provides in the Toolkit.
DECwindows Extensions to Motif
This manual describes the programming extensions that Compaq provides to supplement the X Window System, Version 11, Release 5, and OSF/Motif Toolkit components included in systems based on the UNIX environment.
This manual supplements the OSF/Motif Programmer's Guide and the X Window System documentation described in Section 3.1.9.
ToolTalk is an interapplication communication service that is included as part of the Common Desktop Environment. ToolTalk provides a way for applications and desktop components to request services of each other and to announce events. The following books provide information about the ToolTalk service:
The ToolTalk User's Guide is used by developers who create or maintain applications that use the ToolTalk service to interoperate with other applications; it is also useful for system administrators who set up workstations. This guide assumes a familiarity with operating system commands, system administrator commands, and system terminology.
The ToolTalk Reference Manual describes components of the the ToolTalk application programming interface such as enumerated types and functions. It also describes ToolTalk-enhanced operating system shell commands, error messages, and standard ToolTalk messaging sets.
See also the Common Desktop Environment: ToolTalk Messaging Overview in the Windows Programming area of the core documentation set.
The documentation described in this section pertains to X Windows System, Version 11, Release 6. These documents are provided by the X Consortium.
X Window System Protocol
This document describes the X Window System protocol.
Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
This document proposes suitable conventions for interclient communications with X Version 11 software. The proposed conventions do not attempt to enforce any particular user interface.
X Toolkit Intrinsics -- C Language Interface
Intrinsics are a programming library tailored to the special requirements of user-interface construction within a network window system -- specifically the X Window System. The Intrinsics and a widget set make up the X Toolkit. This document describes the X Toolkit Intrinsics.
X Logical Font Description Conventions
This document provides a standard logical font description and the conventions to be used in the core protocol so that clients can query and access screen type libraries in a consistent manner across all X servers.
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
This document provides reference information for the low-level C language interface to the X Window System protocol. It provides a detailed description of each function in the library, as well as a discussion of the related background information.
The following guides provide language-specific information and describe the features of several non-English languages supported on the DIGITAL UNIX system:
Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features
Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features
Technical Reference for Using Korean Features
Technical Reference for Using Thai Features
The documentation described in this section is included on the DIGITAL UNIX Operating System CD-ROM. Some of this documentation is available only when you install the software it describes.
A Software Product Description (SPD) is the legal description of the DIGITAL UNIX product. It describes the software and gives information about its capabilities and about the hardware it supports.
PostScript versions of the SPDs are located on the CD-ROM in the
mnt_point/DOCUMENTATION/POSTSCRIPT
directory.
The
files are named as follows:
Digital_UNIX_Operating System_SPD.ps Digital_UNIX_C_Developers_Extensions_SPD.ps Digital_UNIX_Server_Extensions_SPD.ps Prestoserve_for_Digital_UNIX_SPD.ps Digital_UNIX_Logical_Storage_Manager_SPD.ps
Compaq maintains lists of fixes it makes to each version of the DIGITAL UNIX
operating system.
Known as CLDs (for Customer Log Desk), these text files
are located on the CD-ROM in the
mnt_point/DOCUMENTATION/TEXT
directory.
The files
are named as follows:
Digital_UNIX_V3_2C_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V3_2D_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V3_2G_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V4_0_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V4_0A_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V4_0B_CLD_Fixes.txt DIGITAL_UNIX_V4_0D_CLD_Fixes.txt DIGITAL_UNIX_V4_0E_CLD_Fixes.txt
The X Image Extension (XIE) code (developed by the X Consortium) provides
a powerful mechanism for the transfer and display of virtually any image on
X-capable hardware.
Documentation for XIE is installed in compressed format
in the
/usr/share/doclib/xie
directory.
Before you can view or print a copy of one of the XIE documents, you
must uncompress it using the
gunzip
command.
For information
about
gunzip, see the
gzip(1)
reference page.
The following list describes the XIE documentation. The names of the individual files are listed after the titles.
X Image Extension Overview
(overview.ps.gz)
This document provides general information about the X Image Extension code. The topics covered include XIE design goals, XIE historical summary, XIE architecture, element definitions, and subsetting.
XIElib Specification
(xielib.ps.gz)
This document contains reference information about the XIElib functions, XIElib events, and XIElib errors. The Functions section covers such functions as startup, LUT, photomap, ROI, photoflo, client data, abort and await, photoflo element, technique, and free.
XIE Sample Implementation Architecture
(xieSIarch.ps.gz)
This document provides an architecture overview of XIE, including chapters on extension initialization, memory management, request dispatching, data representation, data structures, protocol requests, DIXIE photoflo management, DDXIE photoflo management, and photo elements.
X Image Extension Protocol Reference Manual, Version 5.0
(XIEProto.ps.gz)
This document specifies the X wire protocol for XIE. It defines the syntax, structure, and semantics of the XIE protocol elements. The topics covered include syntax specification, parameter types, resources, pipelined processing, import elements, process elements, export elements, events and errors, techniques, service class, and protocol encodings.
The Display PostScript system is described in the
PostScript Language Reference Manual,
which is included in the printed version of the DIGITAL UNIX documentation
set.
Supplemental documentation from Adobe Systems Incorporated is installed
in compressed format in the
/usr/share/doclib/dps
directory.
Before you can print or view this documentation, you must uncompress the files
using the
uncompress
command.
See the
compress(1)
reference
page for information.
The following list describes the supplemental Display PostScript documentation. The names of the individual files are listed after the titles.
PostScript Language Reference Manual Supplement
(2015supplement.ps.Z)
This document provdes information about changes to Level 2 PostScript that occurred since the release of the PostScript Language Reference Manual.
Display PostScript Developer Technical Notes
(Developer-TechNotes-Volume1.ps.Z)
This document provides information on the following topics:
Level 2 changes for X
The Type 2 Image Dictionary
Multiple master fonts in the DPS Toolkit front panel
Writing applications that use the Resource Location Library
Using the color selection widget
Using the PostScript printer selection widget
Using PCF fonts
Adobe ShowPS User Guide
(ShowPSUserGuide.ps.Z)
This guide provides information for the novice to advanced users of
the
showps
utility, which is included in the DIGITAL UNIX
operating system.
ShowPS Quick Reference
(ShowPSReferenceCard.ps.Z)
This document lists common commands used with the
showps
utility.
The Associated Products CD-ROMs contain documentation for various
components of DIGITAL UNIX.
The document called
DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0E CD-ROMs, described in
Section 3.1.1,
provides a list of the applications located on these CDs, as do the
00README.TXT
files located on the CDs.
Both CDs now include a graphical user interface that you can use to access documentation and to install product software from within the Netscape browser. To use this interface, invoke Netscape and go to the following location:
file:/<mount_point>/index.html
A list of products on the CD-ROM will be displayed. When you click on a product name you will be given the option to install the product or access the documentation, if applicable.
To view Bookreader or PostScript files while using Netscape, your system will need to be configured so that it will recognize the file type of the file you select and will invoke Bookreader or a PostScript viewer.