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- # olwm.info 2 July 1991
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- # OpenWindows Version 3 FCS rev'd by James Brook
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- # @(#) olwm.info 1.4 91/02/15 Sun Micro
- # helpopen path changed 11 July 1991
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- :Workspace:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Workspace
-
- Everything on the screen is on the Workspace.
- Windows and icons are displayed on it. The
- Workspace is the background on your screen.
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- Press the MENU mouse button on that background
- to display the Workspace menu, which provides
- these options and submenus:
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- Programs Displays a menu of available
- DeskSet tools and demonstration
- programs.
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- Utilities Displays a menu of commonly used
- utilities and services.
-
- Properties Displays the Workspace Properties
- window, where you can customize
- the look and behavior of your
- desktop.
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- Help Opens the Help Viewer to the
- table of contents for the
- DeskSet help handbooks.
-
- Desktop Intro Starts the tutorial in the
- basics of using OpenWindows.
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- Exit Choose Exit to leave the
- Workspace and return to a tty
- command-line interface.
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- :Frame:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook
- Window Border
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- This is the header, footer, or side of a window
- that contains an application program.
-
- The border thickens when the window is selected.
-
- To select a window, point to the border and
- click SELECT.
-
- From the border, you can display a Window menu
- with options for closing, moving, resizing,
- repainting, and quitting the window.
-
- To display the Window menu, point to the border
- and press MENU.
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- :Icon:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook
- Icon
-
- This is a closed window for an application.
-
- The picture on this icon identifies its
- application. For example, the File Manager icon
- shows the picture of a file drawer.
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- To open the icon, double-click SELECT on it. Or
- press MENU and choose Open.
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- :CloseButton:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook
- Close Button
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- Click SELECT on this button to close the window
- to an icon.
-
- When you close an application's base window,
- its associated pop-up windows are also closed.
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- :PushPin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook
- Pushpin
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- Pins up a pop-up window for continued use.
-
- When the pin is lying on its side, the pop-up
- window is unpinned. The window will be dismissed
- the next time you give a command.
-
- To pin up the window, click SELECT on the
- pushpin. The window is pinned when the pin pops
- into the hole.
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- To unpin the window, click SELECT on the pushpin
- to pop it out of the hole. This dismisses the
- window.
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- :ResizeCorner:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook
- Resize Corner
-
- Use the Resize corner to expand or contract the
- window:
-
- 1. Move the pointer to any Resize corner. The
- pointer changes from an arrow to a circle.
-
- 2. Press SELECT and drag the pointer. The Resize
- corner is highlighted. A bounding box shows
- you the location of the new window border.
-
- 3. Release SELECT. The window is redisplayed in
- the new size, and the contents adjust to fit
- within the borders of the window.
-
- To change only the height or the width of the
- window, hold down the Control key while
- pressing SELECT on the Resize corner.
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