motif_eoe Release Notes
1 Introduction
2 Installation Information
3 Changes and Additions
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1. Introduction
This release contains software and documentation for the
Silicon Graphics, Inc.r, IRIX IM Execution-Only Environment
product, version 1.2.4, for use on IRISr workstations. This
version of the IRIX IM software is Silicon Graphics' port of
the OSF/Motif version 1.2.4 General Availability Release.
This product contains the Motif window manager (mwm),
together with associated configuration files and manual
pages.
Note: Packaged with this software is a separate sheet that
contains the Software License Agreement. This
software is provided to you solely under the terms
and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Installation Information
3. Changes and Additions
1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for
motif_eoe:
Software Option Product IRIX IM Execution-
Only Environment
Version 1.2.4
System Software Requirements IRIX 5.0 or later
1.2 Online_Release_Notes
After you install the online documentation for a product
(the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen. You can also view the release notes directly
from the CD, without installing them; see the pamphlet in
the CD case for instructions.
If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from
the Help toolchest. This displays the grelnotes(1) graphical
browser for the online release notes.
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Refer to the grelnotes(1) man page for information on
options to this command.
If you do not have a graphics system, you can use the
relnotes command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page for
accessing the online release notes.
1.3 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in North America and would like support for your
Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the Technical
Assistance Center at
1-800-800-4SGI.
If you are outside North America, contact the Silicon
Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your
country.
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2. Installation_Information
This chapter lists supplemental information to the IRIS
Software Installation Guide. The information listed here is
product-specific; use it with the Installation Guide to
install this product.
2.1 motif_eoe_Subsystems
The motif_eoe product includes these subsystems:
motif_eoe.man.eoe Preformatted reference manual
pages. This subsystem is
intended to be installed on
machines that do not have the
nroff text formatting program.
There is no need to install
this subsystem if you install
motif_eoe.man.eoemansrc.
motif_eoe.man.eoemansrc Source for the reference
manual pages. This subsystem
is intended to be installed on
machines that do have the
nroff text formatting program.
This subsystem displays better
looking manual pages
(especially the tables) and
displays them faster than the
preformatted manual pages.
There is no need to install
this subsystem if you install
motif_eoe.man.eoe.
motif_eoe.man.relnotes Online release notes.
motif_eoe.sw.eoe Motif shared libraries and mwm
configuration files.
motif_eoe.sw.mwm mwm, the Motif Window Manager
motif_eoe.sw.uil uil, the user interface
language compiler.
2.2 Installation_Method
All of the subsystems for the Motif Execution-Only
Environment can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to
use the miniroot. Refer to the IRIS Software Installation
Guide for complete installation instructions.
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2.3 motif_eoe_Subsystem_Disk_Space_Requirements
This section lists the subsystems of the motif_eoe software,
along with their sizes and whether they are installed by
default. If you are installing this option for the first
time, the subsystems marked ``default'' are installed if you
use the ``go'' menu item. To install a different set of
subsystems, use the ``install,'' ``remove,'' ``keep,'' and
``step'' commands in inst to customize the list of
subsystems to be installed, before you select the ``go''
menu item.
Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to
the IRIS Software Installation Guide for information
on finding exact sizes.
Subsystem Name Subsystem Size
(512-byte blocks)
motif_eoe.man.eoe (default) 287
motif_eoe.man.eoemansrc 295
motif_eoe.man.relnotes (default) 28
motif_eoe.sw.eoe (default) 12165
motif_eoe.sw.mwm 709
motif_eoe.sw.uil 621
2.4 Prerequisites
Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.0 or later to use
1.2.4 IRIX/Motif. Use of imake requires either IRIX 5.3 or
IRIX 6.0. This is because the imake configuration files are
compatible with X11R6, which appears for the first time in
those releases.
2.5 Compatibility
o A static shared library, binary identical to that
provided with 4D-4.0.5, is included with IRIX 5. That
means old Motif binary applications can run unchanged.
Such applications get neither the bug fixes nor the new
features that are provided with the new library.
o Applications must be linked with the libraries from
this release to get the new features and bug fixes.
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2.6 Configuration_Files
o All configuration files are the OSF/Motif 1.2.4
configuration files.
o /usr/lib/X11/system.mwmrc controls the system-wide mwm
settings. You can control your own settings by copying
this file to your own home directory and renaming it
.mwmrc. If you do that, your settings replace the
system settings when you run mwm.
o /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Mwm contains the system-wide
application resource default values for mwm. You can
override any particular values you wish by setting the
corresponding resource wherever you store your private
resource settings.
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3. Changes_and_Additions
The version of IRIX IM provided with IRIX 4.0.5 was ported
from OSF/Motif 1.1.4. The version of IRIX IM provided with
IRIX 5.2 is based on OSF/Motif 1.2.4. This section
summarizes new functionality and enhancements since the IRIX
4 release. Refer to the Programmer's Reference Manual for
more detailed information.
o This release is derived from OSF/Motif 1.2.4, and has
those features. It also has SGI bug fixes and
extensions.
o This release is based on X11R5, and has those features.
o Internationalization, based on the capabilities of
X11R5, including the locale concept, is provided.
o Drag and Drop is now provided.
o libXm is now compatible with editres. Motif
applications linked with this release automatically get
that ability.
o Tear-off menus are supported. With TearOff Menus, you
can retain menus on the display for subsequent
selections. Each tearable menupane has a tear-off
button. When the mouse drag button is pressed on the
tear-off button, the pane tears off and can be dragged;
the pane can be placed by releasing the mouse drag
button. The window manager surrounds the tear-off
menupane with a menu button and a title. Shifting
focus to a torn-off menu's windowpane follows standard
window manager policy.
o Visual sensitivity has been added. Visual indicators
are provided that tell you whether a component can
respond to your input. Labels and buttons have had
this behavior in previous releases. In Release 1.2,
the behavior is extended to the XmList, XmText,
XmTextField, XmScrollBar, and XmArrowButton widgets.
3.1 Visual_Changes
o Several pixels have changed in the 3-D beveled look.
o Color generation routines include minor changes.
o A location cursor surrounding all items in a List is
added whenever a List widget has the focus and the
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current keyboard item is not visible.
o There are minor layout differences due to bug fixes in
geometry management.
o A title widget can be specified in a Frame widget. New
constraint resources XmNchildType,
XmNchildHorizontalAlignment, XmNchildHorizontalSpacing,
and XmNchildVerticalAlignment have been added for
specifying the position and alignment of the title in
the Frame.
o A new resource, XmNaudibleWarning, has been added to
the VendorShell widget to specify whether an audible
cue should accompany a warning message. Text widgets
determine the value for this resource from the value of
XmNaudibleWarning.
o You can specify default background color and thresholds
for shadow calculation on a per-screen basis with three
new resources on the XmScreen widget:
XmNlightThreshold, XmNdarkThreshold, and
XmNforegroundThreshold.
o You can traverse via the keyboard to some widgets that
did not support traversal in previous releases. For
example, inside a tab group, you can now use the arrow
keys to traverse to all control descendants that are
not contained within a nested tab group and are
eligible to receive focus, even if the controls are not
direct children of the tab group.
o The left, right, up, and down traversal arrows navigate
within a menupane. The up and down arrows wrap between
columns, and the right and left arrows post the
previous or next menupane when in the rightmost and
leftmost column of the menupane, respectively.
o To comply with the Style Guide, the default binding for
osfMenu has changed from F4 to ShiftF10.
o There is a new client, xmbind. It sets up the virtual
bindings for use by Motif applications. This is
already done at mwm startup, so xmbind is only required
if mwm is not used, or to change the virtual bindings
without restarting mwm.
Note: /usr/lib/X11/system.motifbind is no longer
present. Instead, there is a directory of
bindings, /usr/lib/Xm/bindings/fP.
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3.2 Changes_for_CUA_and_Windows_Compliance
In IRIX IM 1.2, pressing or osfActivate (usually
bound to the keypad key) no longer activates a
button that is outside a menu. For example, it no longer
pops up an OptionMenu or activates a ToggleButton in a
dialog box.
If there is a default button associated with an
XmBulletinBoard, pressing (except in a multi-line
XmText), + , or osfActivate while focus is in
the XmBulletinBoard activates the default button.
3.3 mwm_Enhancements
The following changes have been incorporated into the Motif
Window Manager (mwm):
o An internationalized .mwmrc file
o Internationalized dialog messages
o Built-in default root menu
o Support for the continuation character (``\'')
in the .mwmrc file
o Search XBMLANGPATH for bitmap files
o Support for pop-down and replay event behavior in mwm
menus
o Widget names used by mwm exposed in documentation
o Support scrolled window traversal to scrolled-off
children in icon box
o and key modifiers treated as different
modifiers
o Support for the SHAPE non-rectangular window extension
The window manager includes these new or enhanced resources:
feedbackGeometry Sets the position of the move/resize
feedback window. The default is the
center of the screen.
frameBorderWidth Now defaults based on the size and
resolution of the screen.
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iconPlacement Now takes the additional value tight for
automatic icon placement with no gaps
between icons.
maximumClientSize Now takes vertical or horizontal as
values.
moveOpaque Controls whether an image of the window,
or just an outline, is moved.
resizeBorderWidth Now defaults depending on the size and
resolution of the screen.
usePPosition Takes values of on, off, or nonzero to
control whether program-specified
positions are used.
The window manager includes these new and enhanced
functions:
f.lower Includes a within argument to move the
window within the application stacking
order, but retains the parent window
below the children rule. Also, includes
a freeFamily argument to move the window
absolutely without regard to its local
family stack. Both modifiers move the
window within the local family stack,
but do not move the family stack.
f.minimize This function is now allowed from an
icon in an iconbox.
f.raise Includes a within argument to move the
window within the application stacking
order, but retains the parent window
below the children rule. Also, includes
a freeFamily argument to move the window
absolutely without regard to its local
family stack. Both modifiers move the
window within the local family stack,
but do not move the family stack.
f.raise_lower Includes a within argument to move the
window within the application stacking
order, but retains the parent window
below the children rule. Also, includes
a freeFamily argument to move the window
absolutely without regard to its local
family stack. Both modifiers move the
window within the local family stack,
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but do not move the family stack.
f.restore Restores a window to its previous state.
Double-clicking on a root icon is bound
to this function rather than to
f.normalize.
f.restore_and_raise Restores a window to its previous state
and raises it to the top of the window
stack. Double-clicking on an icon in an
iconbox is bound to this function rather
than to f.normalize.
f.screen Traverses to the screen specified by
arg. Legal values are next, prev, last,
or a specific screen number.
There is one new mwm action:
Behaves similarly to the f.next_key,
except that the window is always raised
regardless of the value of
focusAutoRaise.
3.4 UIL_Changes
The following changes have been made to UIL:
o A new command flag, -s, which enables the use of
setlocale and the creation of localized Compound
Strings
o New UIL syntax to support font sets and font tables
o New UIL syntax to support wide character strings
o Support for widget references as callback tags
o New UIL syntax to specify resources of automatically
created children
o Syntax changes to WML to allow for the definition of
automatically created children of composite widgets
o Ability to read binary databases (WMD files) containing
WML information with the -wmd file option