Be User's Guide

Be User’s Guide Be User’s Guide copyright © 1996 Be, Inc. All rights reserved. Developer Release 8 of the BeOS copyright © 1990–1996 Be, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted—in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the prior written permission of Be, Inc. The contents of this book are furnished for informational use only; they are subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Be, Inc. Be has tried to make the information in this book as accurate and reliable as possible, but assumes no liability for errors or omissions. Be, Inc. will from time to time revise the software described in this book and reserves the right to make such changes without notification. The software is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license. This product contains the UFST and Type Software Technology under license from Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation. The Type 1 processor resident in the UFST is licensed from Pipeline Associates, Inc. Be, the Be logo, BeBox, BeOS, BeWare, and GeekPort are trademarks of Be, Inc. Metrowerks is a registered trademark and CodeWarrior is a trademark of Metrowerks, Inc. Agfa and the Agfa Rhombus are registered trademarks of Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation. TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer. Intellifont is a registered trademark of Miles Inc. Arial, Times New Roman, Monotype, and Monotype Baskerville are trademarks of Monotype Typography Ltd. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offices. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules and as defined by EN5022:1995. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the Be User’s Guide, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. WARNING: Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense. Be, Inc. 800 El Camino Real Suite 300 Menlo Park, CA 94025 http://www.be.com September 1996 BUG-001.003-091596 Contents Introduction. xi Chapter 1: Assembling the BeBox . 1 Adding Internal Devices . 2 Opening the BeBox . 2 Working Inside. 2 Adding Memory . 4 Inserting ISA and PCI Cards . 4 Adding a Graphics Card . 5 Adding a Network Adapter . 6 Adding an Internal Disk Drive . 7 Closing the BeBox . 10 Connecting External Devices . 11 Connecting a SCSI CD-ROM Drive . 13 Connecting Joysticks . 13 Connecting a Printer . 13 Finishing Up . 13 Chapter 2: Learning BeOS Basics . 15 Turning the BeBox On and Off . 15 Turning On the BeBox and Starting the BeOS . 15 Selecting a Boot Disk . 16 Shutting Down the BeOS and Turning Off the BeBox . 18 Resetting the BeBox . 19 Interrupting the BeBox . 19 Getting to Know the BeBox Workspace . 20 Using the Mouse . 22 Using the Keyboard . 23 Be User’s Guide Contents – iii Working with Windows . 25 Moving a Window . 26 Resizing a Window . 27 Scrolling the Items in a Window . 27 Zooming a Window . 29 Minimizing a Window . 30 Selecting Items . 31 Changing Views . 32 Working in Icon and Mini Icon View . 33 Working in List View . 34 Closing a Window . 35 Working with Menus . 36 Navigating Menus by Dragging . 37 Navigating Context-Sensitive Menus . 38 Navigating Menus by Clicking . 38 Navigating Menus from the Keyboard . 40 Choosing Menu Items by Shortcut . 40 Working with the Browser . 41 Understanding the Hierarchical File System . 41 Getting Information About an Item . 42 Opening Folders . 43 Working with Disks . 45 Mounting a Disk . 45 Unmounting a Disk . 46 Renaming Items . 46 Creating a Folder . 47 Moving and Copying Items . 48 Duplicating Items . 50 Deleting Items . 50 Working with the Dock . 51 Adding Items to the Dock . 52 Rearranging Items on the Dock . 54 Removing Items from the Dock . 54 Changing the Dock Display . 55 Finding Items . 56 Opening a Query . 57 iv – Contents Be User’s Guide Chapter 3: Learning Be Application Basics . 59 Starting an Application . 59 Getting Information About an Application . 60 Switching Applications . 60 Quitting an Application . 61 Creating a New File . 61 Saving a File . 61 Opening a File . 63 Printing . 65 Undoing . 65 Working with Text . 66 Selecting Text . 66 Typing Text . 67 Typing Special Characters . 67 Copying and Moving Text . 68 Moving Text with the Mouse . 68 Deleting Text . 69 Navigating Windows and Panels from the Keyboard . 70 Chapter 4: Using Be Applications . 73 BeBounce . 73 BeLogo . 74 BeMail . 74 Checking for Mail . 74 Reading E-Mail . 77 Creating E-Mail . 79 CDPlayer . 80 Playing CDs . 81 Saving Audio Data . 83 Clock . 84 Connect . 84 Setting Communications Parameters and other Preferences . 84 Connecting Directly to a Device . 85 Connecting to a Device via a Modem . 86 Disconnecting . 87 Dominos . 87 Be User’s Guide Contents – v Edit . 88 Changing the Font . 88 Automatically Indenting Lines . 88 Indenting and Unindenting Lines . 89 Changing the Width of Tabs and Indents . 89 Commenting and Uncommenting Lines . 90 Finding Text . 91 Replacing Text . 92 Showing Line Numbers . 92 Going to a Specific Line by Line Number . 93 Creating and Using Markers . 93 Deleting Markers . 94 Creating a Script File . 94 Flight . 95 Preparing for Battle . 95 Engaging Battle . 96 FontChart . 97 FontDemo . 98 IconWorld . 99 ImageViewer . 99 Installer . 100 Initializing or Formatting a Disk . 100 Kaleidoscope . 102 Live3D . 103 Magnify . 104 Mandelbrot . 105 Midi . 106 Minesweeper . 108 MiniPlayer . 109 NetPositive . 110 PlaySound . 112 PoorMan . 112 Pulse . 113 ROMUpdater . 113 SCSIProbe . 114 Terminal . 115 Workspaces . ..

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