# ----------------------------------------------- # olwm.info 2 July 1991 # # OpenWindows Version 3 FCS rev'd by James Brook # ----------------------------------------------- # @(#) olwm.info 1.4 91/02/15 Sun Micro # helpopen path changed 11 July 1991 ##########################50###################### :Workspace:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook Workspace Everything on the screen is on the Workspace. Windows and icons are displayed on it. The Workspace is the background on your screen. Press the MENU mouse button on that background to display the Workspace menu, which provides these options and submenus: Programs Displays a menu of available DeskSet tools and demonstration programs. Utilities Displays a menu of commonly used utilities and services. Properties Displays the Workspace Properties window, where you can customize the look and behavior of your desktop. Help Opens the Help Viewer to the table of contents for the DeskSet help handbooks. Desktop Intro Starts the tutorial in the basics of using OpenWindows. Exit Choose Exit to leave the Workspace and return to a tty command-line interface. ##########################50###################### :Frame:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook Window Border 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. :Icon:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook Icon This is a closed window for an application. The picture on this icon identifies its application. For example, the File Manager icon shows the picture of a file drawer. To open the icon, double-click SELECT on it. Or press MENU and choose Open. ##########################50###################### :CloseButton:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook Close Button 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. :PushPin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/desktop.intro.handbook Pushpin Pins up a pop-up window for continued use. When the pin is lying on its side, the pop-up window is unpinned. The window will be dismissed the next time you give a command. To pin up the window, click SELECT on the pushpin. The window is pinned when the pin pops into the hole. To unpin the window, click SELECT on the pushpin to pop it out of the hole. This dismisses the window. ##########################50###################### :ResizeCorner:$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.