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<!-- $XConsortium: ch14.sgm /main/9 1996/09/08 19:34:23 rws $ -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<Chapter Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.1">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.1">Customizing the Workspace Manager</Title>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>dtwm, See Workspace Manager&lt;$nopage></Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>&lt;$nopage>Window Manager</Primary>
<Secondary>See also Workspace Manager</Secondary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Motif Window Manager, See Workspace Manager&lt;$nopage></Primary>
</IndexTerm>This chapter describes how to customize the desktop Workspace Manager.</Para>
<InformalTable Id="SAG.WMCnf.itbl.1" Frame="All">
<TGroup Cols="1">
<ColSpec Colname="1" Colwidth="4.0 in">
<TBody>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Workspace Manager Configuration Files242'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.3"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing Workspaces244'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.8"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Workspace Manager Menus246'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.13"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing Button Bindings249'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.18"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing Key Bindings252'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.22"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Switching Between Default and Custom Behavior254'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.26"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary>
<Secondary>definition</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>The Workspace Manager is the window manager provided by the desktop.
Like other window managers, it controls:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>The appearance of window frame components</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>The behavior of windows, including their stacking order and focus behavior</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Key bindings and button bindings</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>The appearance of minimized windows</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Workspace and Window menus</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>In addition, the Workspace Manager controls these desktop components:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para><Emphasis>Workspaces</Emphasis>. The Workspace Manager controls the number of workspaces,
and keeps track of which windows are open in each workspace.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para><Emphasis>Workspace backdrops</Emphasis>. The user changes backdrops using Style Manager.
However, backdrop management is a function of the Workspace Manager.<IndexTerm><Primary>backdrops</Primary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>workspaces</Primary><Secondary>backdrops, See backdrops</Secondary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para><Emphasis><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel</Primary>
<Secondary>managed by Workspace Manager</Secondary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary>
<Secondary>managing Front Panel</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>The Front Panel</Emphasis>. Although the Front Panel uses its own configuration files, it
is created and managed by the Workspace Manager.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Many of these can be changed with Style Manager. Style Manager is able to
make often-used changes quickly, with little effort on your part. Other
resources must be set manually.</Para>
<Para>The Workspace Manager is <Command>dtwm</Command>. It is based on the Motif Window
Manager.</Para>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.2">
<Title>See Also</Title>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>For reference information about the Workspace Manager, see the <Filename>dtwm</Filename>(1)
and <Filename>dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man pages.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>For information about setting Workspace Manager resources, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Setting
Application Resources&xd3; on page&numsp;256'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.FACol.div.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>For information on Front Panel configuration files, see
<!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter&numsp;13,
&xd2;Advanced Front Panel Customization'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitle" Linkend="SAG.FrPC.mkr.1">.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For additional information about setting resources, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Setting Application
Resources&xd3; on page&numsp;256'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.FACol.div.2">.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.3">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">Workspace Manager Configuration Files<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>configuration files</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>configuration files</Primary><Secondary>Workspace Manager</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>configuration files</Primary><Secondary>Window Manager</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The Workspace Manager gets information about the window menus,
workspace menus, button bindings, and key bindings from a configuration file.</Para>
<Para>It uses one of the following files:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal file: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/<IndexTerm><Primary>dtwmrc file</Primary></IndexTerm>
dtwmrc</Filename>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System custom file: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/<IndexTerm>
<Primary>sys.dtwmrc file</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Built-in file: <Command>/usr/dt/config/</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>The Workspace Manager searches for a configuration file in the order shown
above, and uses the first one it finds.</Para>
<Para>For users who use more than one session language, a personal, language-
dependent configuration file <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt</Filename>/<Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>/<Command>dtwrmc</Command> can be
created that takes precedence over <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename>.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.4" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.3">To Create or Modify a Personal Configuration File<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>personal customization</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The personal Workspace Manager configuration file is
<Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename>. If this file exists, it is the file used.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Double-click<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Edit Dtwmrc action</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>dtwmrc file</Primary>
<Secondary>editing</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
Edit Dtwmrc in the Desktop_Tools application group.</Para>
<Para>If you already have a personal <Command>dtwmrc</Command> file, it is loaded into the editor. If
not, <Filename>sys.dtwmrc</Filename> is copied to <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename>, which is then
loaded into the editor.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Edit the file.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Exit the editor.</Para>
<Para>The file is saved as your personal <Command>dtwmrc</Command>, regardless of its original source.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.5" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Create a System-Wide Configuration File<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>system-wide customization</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The system-wide Workspace Manager configuration file is
<Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename>.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Copy <Filename>/usr/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/<IndexTerm>
<Primary>sys.dtwmrc file</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
sys.dtwmrc</Filename> to
<Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename>.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Note>
<Para>This file is not used if <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename> exists.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.6" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.4">To Include (Source In) Other Files<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>including other files</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Use the syntax:</Para>
<programlisting>include
{
<Symbol Role="Variable">path
path</Symbol>
&hellip;
}
<IndexTerm><Primary>include statement, in Workspace Manager files</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>For example, the following lines source in the file /<Filename>users/ellen/mymenu</Filename>:</Para>
<programlisting>include
{
/users/ellen/mymenu
}
</ProgramListing>
<Para>Include statements are useful for providing additional functionality without
copying the entire configuration file. For example, a user might want to create
a new key binding without having to administer the entire configuration file.
The user can create a file <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename> with this content:</Para>
<programlisting>include
{
/etc/dt/config/C/sys.dtwmrc
}
Keys DtKeyBindings
{
Alt&lt;Key>F5 root f.menu Applications
}
Menu Applications
{
&ldquo;GraphicsApp&rdquo; f.exec &ldquo;/usr/bin/GraphicsApp/GApp&rdquo;
&hellip;
}
</ProgramListing>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.7" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Restart the Workspace Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>restarting</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The Workspace Manager must be restarted in order for changes made to the
configuration file to take effect.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu (press
mouse button 3 when the pointer is on the backdrop).</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.8">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.5">Customizing Workspaces<IndexTerm><Primary>workspaces</Primary><Secondary>customizing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Most workspace customization, such as changing workspace names and the
number of workspaces, can be done by the user using the desktop's interface.
However, the Workspace Manager provides resources for setting system-wide
defaults.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.9" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.6">To Change the Number of Workspaces on a System-Wide Basis<IndexTerm><Primary>workspaces</Primary><Secondary>number of</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The default desktop configuration provides four workspaces. The user can add
and delete workspaces using the pop-up menu associated with the Workspace
switch.</Para>
<Para>The Workspace Manager provides a resource for changing the default number
of workspaces.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Use the <Command>workspaceCount</Command> resource to set the number of workspaces:</Para>
<Para Remap="CodeIndent1"><ComputerOutput>Dtwm*workspaceCount: <Symbol Role="Variable">number</Symbol></ComputerOutput><IndexTerm><Primary>workspaceCount resource</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>For information about setting Workspace Manager resources, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Setting
Application Resources&xd3; on page&numsp;256'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.FACol.div.2">.</Para>
<Para>For example, the following resource sets the number of workspaces to six:</Para>
<ProgramListing>Dtwm*workspaceCount: 6</ProgramListing>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.10" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Provide System-Wide Workspace Names<IndexTerm><Primary>workspaces</Primary><Secondary>names</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Internally, the workspaces are numbered by the numbering convention <Command>ws</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol>,
where <Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol> is 0, 1, 2, and so on. For example, the default four workspaces are
numbered internally <Filename>ws0</Filename> through <Filename>ws3</Filename>.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Use the <Command>title</Command> resource to change the name of a specified workspace:<IndexTerm><Primary>title resource</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
<programlisting>Dtwm*ws<Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol>: <Symbol Role="Variable">name</Symbol></programlisting>
<programlisting>Dtwm*ws<Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol>.title: <Symbol Role="Variable">name</Symbol></programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>For information about setting Workspace Manager resources, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Setting
Application Resources&xd3; on page&numsp;256'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.FACol.div.2">.</Para>
<Para>For example, the following resources set the default four workspaces to the
specified names:</Para>
<programlisting>Dtwm*ws0*title: Anna
Dtwm*ws1*title: Don
Dtwm*ws2*title Julia
Dtwm*ws3*title Patti
</ProgramListing>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.11" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Create Additional Backdrops<IndexTerm><Primary>backdrops</Primary><Secondary>adding</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create the backdrop images. They can be bitmap or pixmap files.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>backdrops</Primary>
<Secondary>file locations</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>Place the backdrops in one of the following directories. (You may have to
create the directory.)</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide backdrops: <Filename>/etc/dt/backdrops</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal backdrops: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/backdrops</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>The system-wide and personal backdrops are added to the built-in backdrops
in <Filename>/usr/dt/backdrops</Filename>.</Para>
<Para>You can replace an existing built-in backdrop by creating a personal or system-
wide backdrop with the same name.</Para>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.12" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.7">To Replace the Backdrop With a Graphics Image<IndexTerm><Primary>backdrops</Primary><Secondary>using graphics image</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The backdrops are layered over the display's<IndexTerm>
<Primary>root window</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
root window. The Style Manager
Backdrop dialog box provides a<IndexTerm>
<Primary>NoBackdrop setting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
NoBackdrop setting in which the backdrop is
transparent.</Para>
<Para>There is only one root window behind all the workspace backdrops. Thus, a
graphics image placed on the root window persists across all workspaces. You
can specify which workspaces cover up the root window with a backdrop.
However, the image visible when NoBackdrop is in effect will be the same for
every workspace.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create the graphics image. It must be in a format for which a tool exists to
display the image on the root window. For example, if you intend to use
<Command>xsetroot</Command>, you must create a bitmap file.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>If it doesn't already exist, create an executable file
<Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/sessions/sessionetc.</Filename> The <Command>sessionetc</Command> file is run
each time the user logs in.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Place the command to display the image in the <Command>sessionetc</Command> file.</Para>
<Para>For example, the following command tiles the root window with the
specified bitmap:</Para>
<programlisting>xsetroot&numsp;-bitmap&numsp;/users/ellen/.dt/icons/root.bm</programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.13">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.8">Workspace Manager Menus<IndexTerm><Primary>menus</Primary><Secondary>Workspace Manager</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>menus</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Workspace Manager has three default menus:</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="121*">
<colspec colwidth="407*">
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Workspace menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace menu</Primary><Secondary>definition</Secondary></IndexTerm>
</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Also called the root menu. Displayed when the user
presses mouse button 3 when the pointer is on the
backdrop. The menu is associated with the mouse
button through a button binding.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Window menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Window menu</Primary><Secondary>definition</Secondary></IndexTerm>
</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The menu displayed when the user presses mouse
buttons 1 or 3 when the pointer is on the Window
menu button (upper left corner of the window frame).
The menu is associated with the button by the
<Command>windowMenu</Command> resource.<IndexTerm><Primary>windowMenu resource</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Front Panel menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Front Panel</Primary><Secondary>menu</Secondary></IndexTerm>
</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The menu displayed when the user presses mouse
buttons 1 or 3 when the pointer is over the Front
Panel's Window menu button.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.14">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.9">Workspace Manager Menu Syntax<IndexTerm><Primary>Window menu</Primary><Secondary>syntax</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace menu</Primary><Secondary>syntax</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Workspace Manager menus have the syntax:</Para>
<programlisting>Menu <Symbol Role="Variable">MenuName</Symbol>
{
<Symbol Role="Variable">selection1</Symbol> <Command>[</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">mnemonic</Symbol><Command>] [</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">accelerator</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename> <Symbol Role="Variable">function</Symbol> <Filename>[</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
<Symbol Role="Variable">selection2</Symbol> <Command>[</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">mnemonic</Symbol><Command>] [</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">accelerator</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename> <Symbol Role="Variable">function</Symbol> <Filename>[</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
&hellip;
}
</ProgramListing>
<Para>where:</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="67*">
<colspec colwidth="461*">
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">selection</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The text or bitmap that appears on the menu. If the text
includes spaces, enclose the text in quotation marks. For
bitmaps, use the syntax @/<Symbol Role="Variable">path</Symbol>.
</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">mnemonic</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>A single character that acts as a keyboard shortcut when the
menu is displayed. It is specified in the form <Filename>_</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">character</Symbol>.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">accelerator</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>A keyboard shortcut that is active whether or not the menu is
displayed. Accelerators have the syntax
<Symbol Role="Variable">modifier</Symbol><ComputerOutput>&lt;Key></ComputerOutput> <Symbol Role="Variable">Keyname</Symbol> where modifier is
<Command>Ctrl</Command>, <Command>Shift</Command>, <Command>Alt</Command>
(Extend char), or <Command>Lock</Command>. For a list of all possible key names,
refer to the <Command>keysymdef.h</Command> file in your &ldquo;X11 include&rdquo; directory.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">function</Symbol><IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>functions</Secondary></IndexTerm>
</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The function to be performed when this selection is made.
Refer to the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man page for a list of functions.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Function arguments. Refer to the <Filename>dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man page for
more details.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para>For example, the following menu item labeled Restore normalizes the window.
When the menu is displayed, typing &ldquo;R&rdquo; will also restore the window. Pressing
Extend char F5 will also restore the window.</Para>
<programlisting>Restore _R Alt&lt;Key> F5 f.normalize
</ProgramListing>
<Note>
<Para>For complete information on Workspace Manager menu syntax, see the
<Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man page.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.15" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Modify the Existing Workspace (Root) Menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace menu</Primary><Secondary>modifiying</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>$nopage>root menu, See Workspace menu</Primary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Edit the description of the Workspace menu.</Para>
<Para>The default Workspace menu is named<IndexTerm>
<Primary>DtRootMenu</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
DtRootMenu.</Para>
<programlisting>Menu DtRootMenu
{
&ldquo;Workspace Menu&rdquo; f.title
&ldquo;Shuffle Up&rdquo; f.circle_up
&ldquo;Shuffle Down&rdquo; f.circle_down
&hellip;
}
</programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.16" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.10">To Create a New Workspace (Root) Menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace menu</Primary><Secondary>creating</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create the new menu:</Para>
<programlisting>Menu <Symbol Role="Variable">menu_name</Symbol>
{
&hellip;
}
</programlisting>
<Para>See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager Menu Syntax&xd3; on page&numsp;247'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.9">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create or edit the button binding to display the new menu.</Para>
<Para>If the menu replaces the existing menu, edit the button binding that displays
the Workspace menu.</Para>
<programlisting>&lt;Btn3Down> root f.menu <Symbol Role="Variable">menu_name</Symbol>
</ProgramListing>
<Para>If the menu is an additional menu, create a new mouse button binding. For
example, the following button binding displays the menu when Shift-mouse
button 3 is pressed over the backdrop:</Para>
<programlisting>Shift&lt;Btn3Down> root f.menu <Symbol Role="Variable">menu_name</Symbol>
</ProgramListing>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.17" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.11">To Create a New Window Menu<IndexTerm><Primary>Window menu</Primary><Secondary>new</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Note>
<Para>The Window menu is built into the Workspace Manager, and ordinarily
is not customized. To keep window behavior consistent between applications,
you should avoid extensive modification to the Window menu.</Para>
</Note>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create the new menu:</Para>
<programlisting>Menu <Symbol Role="Variable">menu_name</Symbol>
{
&hellip;
}
</programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Use the <Command>windowMenu</Command> resource to specify the new menu:</Para>
<programlisting>Dtwm*windowMenu: <Symbol Role="Variable">menu_name</Symbol></programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.18">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.12">Customizing Button Bindings<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>button bindings</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>button binding</Primary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>mouse binding, See button binding</Primary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>A <Emphasis>button binding</Emphasis> associates a mouse button operation and possible keyboard
modifier key with a window manager function. Button bindings apply to all
workspaces.</Para>
<Para>The desktop default button bindings are defined in the Workspace Manager
configuration file in a button binding set named <Command><IndexTerm>
<Primary>DtButtonBindings</Primary>
</IndexTerm>DtButtonBindings</Command>:</Para>
<programlisting>Buttons DtButtonBindings
{
&hellip;
}
</ProgramListing>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.19">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.13">Button Binding Syntax<IndexTerm><Primary>button binding</Primary><Secondary>syntax</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The syntax for button bindings is:</Para>
<programlisting>Buttons <Symbol Role="Variable">ButtonBindingSetName</Symbol>
{
<Filename>[</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">modifier</Symbol><Filename>]&lt;</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">button_nameMouse_action</Symbol><Filename>></Filename> <Symbol Role="Variable">context function</Symbol> <Symbol Role="Variable">[argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
<Filename>[</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">modifier</Symbol><Filename>]&lt;</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">button_nameMouse_action</Symbol><Filename>></Filename> <Symbol Role="Variable">context function</Symbol> <Symbol Role="Variable">[argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
</ProgramListing>
<Para>where:</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="110*">
<colspec colwidth="418*">
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">button_name</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>Btn1&mdash;</Filename>Left mouse button
<?Pub _newline><Filename>Btn2&mdash;</Filename>Middle button (3-button mouse) or both buttons (2-button
mouse)
<?Pub _newline><Filename>Btn3&mdash;</Filename>Right button
<?Pub _newline><Filename>Btn4&mdash;</Filename>Buttons 1 and 2 together on a 3-button mouse
<?Pub _newline><Filename>Btn5&mdash;</Filename>Buttons 2 and 3 together on a 3-button mouse</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">modifier</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>Ctrl,</Filename> <Filename>Shift,</Filename> <Filename>Alt,</Filename> <Command>Lock</Command></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">mouse_action</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Command>Down</Command>&mdash;Holding down a mouse button
<?Pub _newline><Command>Up</Command>&mdash;Releasing a mouse button
<?Pub _newline><Command>Click</Command>&mdash;Pressing and releasing a mouse button
<?Pub _newline><Filename>Click2</Filename>&mdash;Double-clicking a mouse button
<?Pub _newline><Command>Drag</Command>&mdash;Dragging the mouse while holding down the mouse button</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">context</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Indicates where the pointer must be for the binding to be effective.
If necessary, separate multiple contents with the &ldquo;<Filename>|</Filename>&rdquo; character.
<?Pub _newline><Command>root</Command>&mdash;The workspace window
<?Pub _newline><Command>window</Command>&mdash;Client window or window frame
<?Pub _newline><Filename>frame&mdash;</Filename>Window frame, excluding the contents
<?Pub _newline><Filename>icon&mdash;</Filename>Icon
<?Pub _newline><Filename>title&mdash;</Filename>Title bar
<?Pub _newline><Filename>app&mdash;</Filename>Client window (excluding the frame)</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">function</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>One of the window manager functions. Refer to the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename>
man page for a list of valid functions.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Any window manager function arguments that are required. Refer
to the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man page for details.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para>For example, the following line causes the menu described in <Command>DtRootMenu</Command> to
be displayed when mouse button 3 is pressed while the pointer is in the
workspace window (but not within client windows).</Para>
<programlisting>&lt;Btn3Down> root f.menu DtRootMenu
</ProgramListing>
<Note>
<Para>For complete information on button binding syntax, see the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename>
man page.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.20" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Add a Button Binding<IndexTerm><Primary>button binding</Primary><Secondary>adding</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Add the button binding to the <Command>DtButtonBindings</Command> definition.</Para>
<Para>Do not bind the same button to different functions for the click and press
operations, and do not bind more than one function to the same button and
context.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.21" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.14">To Create a New Button Binding Set<IndexTerm><Primary>button binding</Primary><Secondary>creating new set</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create the new button binding set. See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Button Binding Syntax&xd3; on
page&numsp;250'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.13">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Set the <Command><IndexTerm>
<Primary>buttonBindings resource</Primary>
</IndexTerm>buttonBindings</Command> resource to the new name:</Para>
<programlisting>Dtwm*buttonBindings: <Symbol Role="Variable">ButtonBindingsSetName</Symbol></programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Note>
<Para>The new button bindings replace your existing button bindings. Copy
any button bindings you want to keep from <Command>DtButtonBindings</Command>.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.22">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.15">Customizing Key Bindings</Title>
<Para>A <Emphasis>keyboard binding</Emphasis>, also known as a <Emphasis>key binding</Emphasis>, associates combination of keys
with Workspace Manager functions. Key bindings apply to all workspaces.</Para>
<Note>
<Para>Be careful about using a common key combination as a keyboard
binding. For example, Shift-A normally puts the letter &ldquo;A&rdquo; into your current
window. If you bind Shift-A to a function, you lose its normal usage.</Para>
</Note>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.23">
<Title>Default Desktop Key Bindings<IndexTerm><Primary>key binding</Primary><Secondary>default</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The desktop default key bindings are defined in the Workspace Manager
configuration file in a key binding set named <Command>DtKeyBindings</Command>:</Para>
<programlisting>Keys DtKeyBindings
{
&hellip;
}
</ProgramListing>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.24">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.16">Key Binding Syntax<IndexTerm><Primary>key binding</Primary><Secondary>syntax</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The syntax for key bindings is:</Para>
<programlisting>Keys <Symbol Role="Variable">KeyBindingSetName</Symbol>
{
[<Symbol Role="Variable">Modifiers</Symbol>]<Filename>&lt;Key></Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">key_name context function</Symbol> <Command>[</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
[<Symbol Role="Variable">Modifiers</Symbol>]<Filename>&lt;Key></Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">key_name context function</Symbol> <Command>[</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol><Filename>]</Filename>
&hellip;
}
</ProgramListing>
<Para>where:</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="81*">
<colspec colwidth="447*">
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">Modifiers</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Command>Ctrl</Command>, <Command>Shift</Command>. <Command>Alt</Command>, and <Command>Lock</Command>. Multiple modifiers are allowed;
separate them with spaces.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">key_name</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The key to which the function is mapped. For keys with letters
or numbers, the <Symbol Role="Variable">key_name</Symbol> name is usually printed on the key.
For instance the name of the &ldquo;a&rdquo; key is &ldquo;a&rdquo;, and the &ldquo;2&rdquo; key is
named &ldquo;2&rdquo;. The &ldquo;Tab&rdquo; key is named &ldquo;Tab&rdquo;. The &ldquo;F3&rdquo; key is
named &ldquo;F3&rdquo;.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para>For other keys, the name is spelled out&mdash;for example, <Command>plus</Command> for the &ldquo;+&rdquo; key.
The file <Filename>keysymdef.h</Filename>, located in a system-dependent directory, contains
additional information about key names.</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="74*">
<colspec colwidth="454*">
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">context</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>The element that must have the keyboard focus for this action
to be effective. These can be concatenated together if the
binding applies to more than one context. Multiple contexts are
separated by the &ldquo;<Filename>|</Filename>&rdquo; character.
<?Pub _newline><Filename>root&mdash;</Filename>Workspace backdrop
<?Pub _newline><Filename>window&mdash;</Filename>Client window
<?Pub _newline><Filename>icon&mdash;</Filename>Icon</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">function</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>A window manager function. Refer to the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man
page for a list of valid functions.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">argument</Symbol></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Any window manager function arguments that are required.
Refer to the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename> man page for details.</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para>For example, the following key binding lets the user to switch the keyboard
focus to the next transient window in an application by pressing Alt+F6.</Para>
<programlisting>Alt&lt;Key>F6 window f.next_key transient
</ProgramListing>
<Note>
<Para>For complete information on key binding syntax, see the <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">dtwmrc(4)</Filename>
man page.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.25" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.17">To Create a Custom Key Binding Set<IndexTerm><Primary>key binding</Primary><Secondary>creating new set</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the appropriate file for editing:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/config/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/sys.dtwmrc</Filename></Para>
<Para>For information on creating these files, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Workspace Manager
Configuration Files&xd3; on page&numsp;242'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.2">.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create a new key binding set with a unique <Symbol Role="Variable">KeyBindingSetName</Symbol>. Use the
desktop default key binding set, <Command>DtKeyBindings</Command>, as a guide.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Set the <Command><IndexTerm>
<Primary>keyBindings resource</Primary>
</IndexTerm>keyBindings</Command> resource to the new set name:</Para>
<programlisting>Dtwm*keyBindings: <Symbol Role="Variable">KeyBindingSetName</Symbol></programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Note>
<Para>The new key bindings replace your existing key bindings. Copy any
key bindings you want to keep from <Command>DtKeyBindings</Command> into your new set.</Para>
</Note>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.WMCnf.div.26">
<Title Id="SAG.WMCnf.mkr.18">Switching Between Default and Custom Behavior<IndexTerm><Primary>Workspace Manager</Primary><Secondary>changing to Motif</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>To toggle between Motif default and CDE desktop window behavior:</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+!</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Click OK in the dialog box.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>Switching to default behavior removes the Front Panel and any custom key
and button bindings.</Para>
</Sect1>
</Chapter>
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