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Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User’s Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. Part No: 806–4743–10 May 2002 Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers. Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems, licensed from the University of California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, docs.sun.com, AnswerBook, AnswerBook2, OpenWindows, ToolTalk, DeskSet, Rolodex and Solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. The code and documentation for the DtComboBox and DtSpinBox widgets were contributed by Interleaf, Inc. Copyright 1993, Interleaf, Inc. The OPEN LOOK and Sun™ Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. for its users and licensees. Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry. 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Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays. Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont basés sur une architecture développée par Sun Microsystems, Inc. Le code et la documentation pour les produits DtComboBox et DtSpinBox ont e’te’ fournis par Interleaf, Inc. Copyright 1993, Interleaf, Inc L’interface d’utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun™ a été développée par Sun Microsystems, Inc. pour ses utilisateurs et licenciés. Sun reconnaît les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le développement du concept des interfaces d’utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l’industrie de l’informatique. Sun détient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l’interface d’utilisation graphique Xerox, cette licence couvrant également les licenciés de Sun qui mettent en place l’interface d’utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences écrites de Sun. CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE “EN L’ETAT” ET AUCUNE GARANTIE, EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE, N’EST ACCORDEE, Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE, L’APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE, OU LE FAIT QU’ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS. CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S’APPLIQUERAIT PAS, DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU. 020115@3062 Contents Preface 31 1 Basic Skills 35 Mouse Skills 35 M To Click 35 M To Double-Click 36 M To Drag 36 M To Duplicate 37 Desktop 37 CDE Desktop 38 Working With Files 39 Running Applications 41 Running Applications from the Front Panel 41 Running Applications from the Workspace Menu 42 Running Applications from Application Manager 42 Running Applications from Drop Zones on the Front Panel 43 Running Applications from File Manager 43 Running Applications from a Terminal Emulator Window 43 Working with Windows 44 Window Frame Controls 44 M To Open an Application Window (Mouse) 45 M To Open an Application Window (Keyboard) 45 M To Close an Application Window 45 M To Turn a Window into an Icon (Mouse) 46 M To Turn a Window into an Icon (Keyboard) 46 M To Restore a Window from an Icon (Mouse) 46 3 M To Restore a Window from an Icon (Keyboard) 46 M To Move a Window or Window Icon (Mouse) 47 M To Move a Window or Window Icon (Keyboard) 47 M To Resize a Window (Mouse) 47 M To Resize a Window (Keyboard) 48 M To Move a Window or Icon to the Foreground or Background (Mouse) 48 M To Move a Window or Icon to the Foreground or Background (Keyboard) 48 Copying and Pasting Text into Windows 49 Using Workspaces 50 M To Display Another Workspace (Mouse) 50 M To Display Another Workspace (Keyboard) 50 M To Place a Window in Other Workspaces (Mouse) 50 M To Place a Window in Other Workspaces (Keyboard) 51 M To Rename a Workspace (Mouse) 51 M To Rename a Workspace (Keyboard) 52 Using Controls in Application Windows 52 Push Buttons 52 Check Boxes and Radio Buttons 53 To Scroll the Contents of a Window 54 Selecting List Items 55 Text Fields 56 M To Edit Text in a Field (Mouse) 57 To Edit Text in a Field (Keyboard) 57 Using Menus 58 Window Menu 59 Workspace Menu 60 M To Choose a Workspace Menu Item 61 M To Choose a Window Menu Item (Mouse) 61 M To Choose a Window Menu Item (Keyboard) 61 M To Choose a Menu Item with the Mouse 61 M To Choose a Pull-Down Menu Item With the Keyboard 62 M To Choose a Pop-up Menu Item With the Keyboard 62 Using Tear-Off Menus 62 Basic Keyboard Skills 63 Leaving the Desktop 64 M To Log Out 64 M To Lock Your Display 65 Composing Special Characters 65 4 Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User’s Guide • May 2002 Euro Currency Symbol 66 Getting Help 67 Help Menu 68 M To Display the Help Manager 68 2 Starting a Desktop Session 69 Starting and Ending a Desktop Session 69 M To Log In to a Desktop Session 70 M To Log Out 70 M To Use a Session in a Different Language 70 Starting a Failsafe Session 70 M To Log In to a Failsafe Session 71 M To Log Out of a Failsafe Session 71 Starting a Command-Line Session 71 M To Log In to and Out of a Command-Line Session 71 Using a Home Session 72 M To Save a Home Session 72 M To Automatically Start the Home Session at Login 72 M To Choose between the Current and Home Session for Each Session 73 3 Getting Help 75 Requesting Help 75 Press F1 — The Help Key 76 Using an Application’s Help Menu 76 Using Help Manager 77 Using Help Windows 78 Selecting Help Topics 80 Using the Topic Tree 80 Using Hyperlinks 81 Moving between Help Topics 82 Help Pop-up Menu 83 Location Indicators 83 Knowing Where You’ve Been 84 Searching for Specific Information 85 M To Search for Topics Using the Help Index 86 Browsing Help on Your System 88 M To Open Help Manager 88 Contents 5 M To Duplicate a Help Window 89 Displaying Documentation Online 90 Displaying a Man Page 90 M To Display a Man Page 91 Printing Help Topics 92 M To Print a Help Topic 92 Printing Configuration 93 Modifying Help Window Colors 94 M To Change Help Window Colors for an Application 94 4 Using the Front Panel 97 Front Panel Elements 98 Main Panel 98 Subpanels 98 The Workspace Switch 99 Basic Front Panel Skills 99 M To Activate a Front Panel Control 99 M To Open a Subpanel 99 M To Close a Subpanel 100 Front Panel Pop-Up Menus 101 Front Panel Drop Zones 104 Front Panel Help 105 M To Move the Front Panel or a Subpanel 105 M To Minimize the Front Panel 106 Tour of the Front Panel 106 Main Panel 106 Links Subpanel 110 Cards Subpanel 111 Files Subpanel 112 Applications Subpanel 115 Mail Subpanel 116 Personal Printers Subpanel 116 Tools Subpanel 117 Hosts Subpanel 119 Help Subpanel 120 Trash Subpanel 124 Front Panel Applications 124 6 Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User’s Guide • May 2002 Changing the Default Web Browser 124 M To Display a Different Clock 125 Working With Bookmarks 126 Using Find Web Page 127 Using Encryption 127 Using Compression 128 Using Archiving 128 Using Suggestion Box 129 Using Workstation Information 130 Customizing the Front Panel 130 M To Put
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