HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.6

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PRODUCT NAME: HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6

SPD 81.70.05

This Software Product Description describes the follow-

ing two products:

• HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha, Version

1.6

• HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Integrity

Servers (I64) Version 1.6

The Description section describes features common to

both products. Any differences in product features are

explicitly indicated.

DESCRIPTION

The HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS (DECwin-

dows Motif) desktop environment provides a Motif-

based graphical user interface to the OpenVMS op-

erating system. The Motif graphical user interface is

widely acknowledged as an industry standard. This in-

terface allows users to interact with OpenVMS using a

point-and-click technique. DECwindows Motif includes

a set of integrated desktop applications that demon-

strate the ease of use of this user interface and provides

OpenVMS users with a base set of desktop tools.

DECwindows Motif supports the client/server distribu-

tion inherent in the X Window System. This client/server

model allows X Window System clients to run on one

node and display output to another node, using a

transport to communicate between the nodes. The

DECwindows X11 display server for OpenVMS Alpha

and I64 is a direct port of the X Window System Ver-

sion 11, Release 6.6 (X11R6) display server, plus some

optional extensions. The X11 display server is provided

as part of the OpenVMS installation procedure.

There are two graphical user interfaces, also referred to

as desktops, from which DECwindows applications can

be executed. The graphical user interface that was pro-

vided in previous versions of DECwindows Motif is still

available and is referred to as the traditional DECwin-

dows desktop. The other user interface, known as the

New Desktop environment, is derived from CDE (Com-

mon Desktop Environment). CDE is based on Motif and

X11, and is recognized as the next-generation desktop.

A major subset of CDE has been provided for OpenVMS

Alpha and I64 in the form of the New Desktop.

New Features

HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.6 con-

tains the following key features:

• Support for ACME subsystem on both OpenVMS Al-

pha and OpenVMS I64

• Support for choosing the location of dialogs in a Xin-

erama conﬁguration

• Workspace Customization

• The I18N library now supports GB18030

• Timer based custom greeting message

• Bug ﬁxes

DECwindows Desktop Environments

The two available desktop environments provide similar

functionality but have a different look and feel. The in-

stallation procedure gives users the choice of installing

one or both desktops and asks which desktop should

be started by default. If both desktops are installed, a

privileged user can switch desktops by editing a system

setup ﬁle and restarting DECwindows.

November 2008

Summary of content (10 pages)

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Software Product Description PRODUCT NAME: HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 SPD 81.70.05 This Software Product Description describes the following two products: • HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha, Version 1.6 • HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Integrity Servers (I64) Version 1.6 The Description section describes features common to both products. Any differences in product features are explicitly indicated.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 Choosing the New Desktop does not prevent you from running DECwindows Motif applications. You can run any DECwindows application from the New Desktop using a DECterm window. Furthermore, all DECwindows applications can be configured to run within the New Desktop environment. of text between DECterm and other DECwindows Motif applications.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 The New Desktop — dximageview • Libraries The New Desktop provides several features not available on the traditional desktop that enable users to be more productive in this environment. — dthelp: Help utility functions — dtsvc: Assorted utility routines • Front Panel - The Front Panel provides fast access to applications. A user can select a customized workspace or launch any application that is represented by an icon with a single click.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 Additional Fonts Low-Bandwidth X Proxy Services DECwindows Motif supports the use of the LowBandwidth X (LBX) extension and related proxy services. LBX was developed for those configurations where the display server is separated from the client by a slow speed line, such as a 56K dial-in modem or a wide-area network (WAN). When the X protocol was developed, the primary use of the protocol was over local area networks (LANs).
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 Existing Motif Release 1.2.3 applications on Alpha and I64 do not need to be recompiled or relinked to run in the CDE environment. In addition, it is possible to achieve basic integration of existing applications into CDE without making changes to the application source code. • HP C for OpenVMS Alpha and I64 In addition, C header files supplied by The Open Group have been modified to work with HP C++.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 Support of the X11 network protocol in the client library and display server components provides the OpenVMS operating system with the ability to interoperate with other X11-compliant systems in a distributed fashion. AccessX support. The AccessX extension was provided in previous releases of DECwindows Motif. The DECwindows Motif Version 1.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 • Programming examples - 80,000 blocks. This number includes example audio files, the DECwindows desktop, and the New Desktop. If only a subset of example files is installed, the amount of disk space required will be less. Please note that not all the information in the CDE documentation and reference pages applies to the New Desktop. For a description of the New Desktop, see the Getting Started With the New Desktop manual.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 Memory Requirements GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS OpenVMS Version 8.2 is supported by the minimal memory requirements of the specific Integrity Server platform. The minimum hardware and software requirements for any future version of this product may be different from the requirements for the current version.
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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6 * Denotes variant fields. For additional information on available licenses, services, and media, refer to the appropriate price book. on OpenVMS I64, the license is offered through the Operating Environment Package. For more information about the License Management Facility, refer to the OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha and I64 Software Product Description (SPD 82.35.xx) or the OpenVMS Alpha operating system documentation.
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