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MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AT ANY TIME. TRADEMARKS The code and documentation for the DtComboBox and DtSpinBox widgets were contributed by Interleaf, Inc. Copyright 1993, Interleaf, Inc. UNIX is a trademark exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. OSF/Motif and Motif are trademarks of Open Software Foundation, Ltd. X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.TriTeal, TED, TEDFAX, TEDSECURE, TEDVISION, LOCALTED and WIN TED are trademarks of TriTeal Corporation. ToolTalk is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. AIX is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. HP/UX is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UnixWare is a trademark of Novell, Inc. Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft. OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. OPEN LOOK is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. OpenWindows is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. NFS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IRIX, SGI and Silicon Graphics are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. RECORD OF REVISION Version Description 001 June 2001. Common Desktop Environment 5.1. Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 5.0 User's Guide Document Number 860-0212-002 Contents Preface. xiii 1. Basic Skills. 1 Mouse Skills . 2 Basic Keyboard Skills . 3 Overview of the Desktop . 4 Working with Windows . 9 Window Frame Controls. 9 Graphical Workspace Manager (GWM™) . 11 Manipulating Windows . 13 Using Workspaces . 18 Using Controls in Application Windows . 21 Using Menus. 27 Window Menu . 28 Workspace Menu . 30 Leaving the Desktop . 33 iii Getting Help . 34 Help Menu . 35 2. Starting a Desktop Session. 37 Starting and Ending a Desktop Session . 37 Starting a Failsafe Session. 39 Starting a Command-Line Session . 39 Using a Home Session . 40 3. Getting Help . 43 Requesting Help. 44 Press F1 — The Help Key . 44 Using an Application’s Help Menu. 44 On Item Application Help. 46 Using Help Manager . 46 Using Help Windows . 47 Selecting Help Topics . 48 Using the Topic Tree . 48 Using Hyperlinks. 49 What Hyperlinks Look Like . 49 Links That Display a New Window. 50 Moving between Help Topics. 50 Help Pop-up Menu . 51 Knowing Where You Are . 51 Browsing between Different Help Volumes . 52 Knowing Where You’ve Been. 53 iv CDE User’s Guide Searching for Specific Information. 54 Pattern Searches . 57 Browsing Help on Your System . 57 Displaying a Man Page . 60 Printing Help Topics . 61 Printing Configuration . 63 Modifying Help Window Colors . 63 4. Using the Front Panel. 65 Front Panel Elements. 65 Main Panel . 65 Subpanels . 66 The Workspace Switch . 67 Basic Front Panel Skills . 67 Front Panel Pop-Up Menus . 68 Contents of the Pop-Up Menus . 69 Front Panel Help . 71 A Tour of the Front Panel . 72 The Main Panel . 73 Personal Applications Subpanel . 75 Personal Printers Subpanel. 76 Help Subpanel . 77 Customizing the Front Panel . 78 How Installed Icons Work. 79 Adding and Removing Subpanels. 79 Contents v Customizing Workspaces . 81 5. Managing Files with File Manager . 85 Introducing the File Manager Window and Desktop . 86 Basic File System Concepts. 87 Files . 87 Folders. 87 Objects. 88 Paths . 88 Basic File Management Skills . 90 Basic Drag-and-Drop Tasks. 92 Opening a File or Folder . 95 Manipulating Files and Folders . 96 Navigating to Folders and Subfolders . 99 Executing an Action for a File or Folder . 100 Deleting Objects to the Trash Can . 102 File Ownership and Security . 103 Who Has Access?. 103 Types of Access Permissions . 104 Default Permissions. 105 Using File Manager Objects on the Desktop. 106 Locating Files . 108 Customizing File Manager Views . 111 Using the Tree View. 112 Hiding Files and Folders. 118 vi CDE User’s Guide Icon Browsing. 119 6. Running Applications from the Desktop . 121 Running Applications Using Application Manager . 121 Application Manager Window. 122 Contents of Application Manager . ..