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<!-- $XConsortium: preface.sgm /main/7 1996/09/08 19:34:52 rws $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<Preface Id="SAG.Pref.div.1">
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<Title>Preface</Title>
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<Para>This manual covers advanced tasks in customizing the appearance and
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behavior of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). It includes chapters on:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Customizing system initialization, login, and session initiation</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Adding applications and providing interface representations for
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applications and their data</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Configuring desktop processes, applications, and data across the network</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Customizing desktop services such as window management, printing,
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colors, and fonts</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Sect1 Id="SAG.Pref.div.2">
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<Title>Who Should Use This Book</Title>
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<Para>The audiences for this book include:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
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<ListItem>
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<Para>System administrators. Many of the tasks in this book require root
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permission.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Advanced users who want to perform customizations that cannot be
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accomplished using the desktop user interface. The desktop provides user-
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specific locations for many of its configuration files.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="SAG.Pref.div.3">
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<Title>How This Book Is Organized</Title>
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<Para>This manual includes the following chapters:</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 1, &xd2;Configuring Login Manager'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.LogMg.div.1">, covers how to configure the
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appearance and behavior of the desktop Login Manager.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 2, &xd2;Configuring Session Manager'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.SesMg.div.1">, covers how the desktop stores
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and retrieves sessions, and how to customize session startup.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 3, &xd2;Adding and Administering Applications'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.1">, covers how
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Application Manager gathers applications, and explains how to add
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applications.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 4, &xd2;Registering an Application'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.RegAp.div.1">, covers how to create a registration
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package for an application.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 5, &xd2;Configuring the Desktop in a Network'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.ClSrv.div.1">, covers how to distribute
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desktop services, applications, and data across a network.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 6, &xd2;Configuring and Administering Printing from the Desktop'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.PrCnf.div.1">, covers how to add and remove desktop printers, and how to specify the
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default printer.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 7, &xd2;Desktop Search Paths'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.Datab.div.1">, covers how the desktop finds
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applications, help files, icons, and other desktop data across the network.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 8, &xd2;Introduction to Actions and Data Types'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.IntAc.div.1">, introduces the concepts
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of actions and data types, and explains how they are used to provide a user
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interface for applications.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 9, &xd2;Creating Actions and Data Types Using Create Action'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.dtCrA.div.1">, covers
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how to use the Create Action application to create actions and data types.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 10, &xd2;Creating Actions Manually'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.CrAct.div.1">, covers how to create action
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definitions by editing a database configuration file.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 11, &xd2;Creating Data Types Manually'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.CrDT.div.1">, covers how to create data type
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definitions by editing a database configuration file.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 12, &xd2;Creating Icons for the Desktop'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.CrIcn.div.1">, covers how to use the Icon
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Editor, and naming conventions, sizes, and search paths for desktop icons.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 13, &xd2;Advanced Front Panel Customization'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.FrPC.div.1">, covers creating new
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system-wide controls and subpanels, and other panel customizations.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 14, &xd2;Customizing the Workspace Manager'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.WMCnf.div.1">, covers customizing
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windows, mouse button bindings, keyboard bindings, and Workspace
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Manager menus.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 15, &xd2;Administering Application Resources, Fonts, and Colors'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.FACol.div.1">, covers how to set application resources, and how the desktop uses fonts and
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colors.</Para>
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<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter 16, &xd2;Configuring Localized Desktop Sessions'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitleLead-in" Linkend="SAG.I18N.div.1">, covers system
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administration tasks for systems running international sessions.</Para>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="SAG.Pref.div.4">
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<title>What DocBook SGML Markup Means</title>
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<para>This book is written in the Structured Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
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using the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD). The following table
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describes the DocBook markup used for various semantic elements.
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</para>
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<table id="SAG.pref.tbl.1" frame="topbot">
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<title id="SAG.pref.mkr.1">DocBook SGML Markup</title>
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<tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
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<colspec colname="1" colwidth="1.2 in">
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<colspec colname="2" colwidth="1.89 in">
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<colspec colname="3" colwidth="2.23 in">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry><para><literal>Markup Appearance</literal></para></entry>
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<entry><para><literal>Semantic Element(s)</literal></para></entry>
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<entry><para><literal>Example</literal></para></entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry><para><command>AaBbCc123</command></para></entry>
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<entry><para>The names of commands.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>Use the <command>ls</command> to list files.</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><para><literal>AaBbCc123</literal></para></entry>
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<entry><para>The names of command options.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>Use <command>ls</command><literal>−a</literal> to list all files.</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><para><symbol role="Variable">AaBbCc123</symbol></para></entry>
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<entry><para>Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>To delete a file, type <command>rm</command>
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<symbol role="Variable">filename</symbol>.</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><para><filename>AaBbCc123</filename></para></entry>
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<entry><para>The names of files and directories.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>Edit your <filename>.login</filename> file.</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><para><emphasis>AaBbCc123</emphasis></para></entry>
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<entry><para>Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>Read Chapter 6 in the <emphasis>User's Guide</emphasis>.
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<?Pub _newline>These are called <emphasis>class</emphasis> options.
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<?Pub _newline>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> be root to do this.</para></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</sect1>
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</Preface>
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