HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.6

HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6
The New Desktop
The New Desktop provides several features not avail-
able on the traditional desktop that enable users to be
more productive in this environment.
• Front Panel - The Front Panel provides fast access
to applications. A user can select a customized
workspace or launch any application that is repre-
sented by an icon with a single click.
• Workspaces - A workspace is a virtual screen.
Workspaces allow a user to organize their work and
applications needed to perform that work together.
When a workspace is selected, only those applica-
tions started within that workspace are displayed.
• Save and restore sessions - Automatic save and re-
store of open applications. When you log out of the
New Desktop, the state of your session is saved. The
next time you log in, every application that supports
automatic save and restore that was open when you
logged out will be open again.
Although the New Desktop is based on CDE, it is not a
complete implementation of that interface. The following
CDE components are included in the New Desktop:
• Applications
— dtlogin: Login Manager
— dthello: Screen between Login Manager and Win-
dow Manager
— dtscreen: Screen saver displays
— dtpad: Editor
— dtclock: Clock
— dtsession: Session Manager
— dtstyle: Style Manager
— dtwm: Window Manager, Control Panel
—dtfile: File Manager, Application Manager
— dtcalc: Calculator
— dticon: Icon Editor
— dtcreate: Action database entry creation tool
— dthelpview: Help Viewer
— dtgreet: Login Greeting
— Keyboard Selection dialog box
— Input Methods Selection dialog box
— Save/restore support for DECwindows applica-
tions
— dthelpgen: utility for creating a help volume for
display from the Front Panel Help Viewer
— dthelptag: compiles HelpTag source files into a
run-time help file
— dximageview
• Libraries
— dthelp: Help utility functions
— dtsvc: Assorted utility routines
— dtwidget: CDE custom widgets
The following CDE components are replaced by existing
DECwindows Motif applications:
• dtmail - Replaced by DECwindows Mail
• dtcm - Replaced by DECwindows Calendar
• dtterm - Replaced by DECwindows DECterm
• Print Manager - Replaced by DECwindows Print wid-
get
The following CDE components are not included in the
New Desktop:
• Application Builder
• ToolTalk - Inter-Client Communications Manual
(ICCM) transfer mechanisms are implemented to
emulate certain ToolTalk functions internally, but
ToolTalk messaging services APIs are not available
to develop against.
• Windowing Korn shell
• Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) sup-
port
Security and Authorization
In addition to user-based security, DECwindows Motif
supports both MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 (Magic Cookie)
and MIT-KERBEROS-5 (Kerberos) token-based authen-
tication. Security options can be set or changed from ei-
ther the Style Manager (New Desktop) or Session Man-
ager application.
Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) and Session Manage-
ment Protocols
The ICE protocol enables direct client-to-client commu-
nication without using the X server.
The X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) provides
a standard way for users to save client sessions. Each
session is controlled by a network service known as the
session manager. The session manager issues com-
mands that direct client applications to save their state
information for use during subsequent sessions. This
protocol is built on top of ICE, which manages the client
connections to the session manager server.
Proxy Manager Services
Proxy Managers allow for the management of proxy
servers on behalf of clients.
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