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<!-- $XConsortium: ch03.sgm /main/8 1996/09/08 19:32:35 rws $ -->
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<Chapter Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.1">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.1">Adding and Administering Applications</Title>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Application Manager</Primary>
<Secondary>description</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>Application Manager is the desktop container for applications available to the
user.</Para>
<InformalTable Id="SAG.CnfAM.itbl.1" Frame="All">
<TGroup Cols="1">
<ColSpec Colname="1" Colwidth="4.125 in">
<TBody>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Structure of Application Manager40'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.2"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Adding Applications to Application Manager43'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.6"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Creating and Administering General Application Groups45'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.10"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Modifying the Search Path Used To Locate Applications47'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.11"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'General Application Manager Administration48'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.13"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row Rowsep="1">
<Entry><Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Changing the Text Editor and Terminal Emulator49'--><XRef Role="JumpText" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.14"></Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.2">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.2">Structure of Application Manager</Title>
<Para>The top level of Application Manager generally contains directories. Each of
these directories, and its contents, is called an<IndexTerm>
<Primary>application groups</Primary>
<Secondary>definition</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
<Emphasis>application group</Emphasis>.</Para>
<Figure>
<Title>Application groups in Application Manager</Title>
<Graphic Entityref="SAG.CnfAM.fig.1" Id="SAG.CnfAM.grph.1"></Graphic>
</Figure>
<Para>The application groups and their contents are gathered from multiple locations
locally and throughout the network.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.3">
<Title>Directory Location of Application Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>file system location</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>In the file system, Application Manager is the directory
<Filename>/var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">login</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">hostname</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">display</Symbol><Command>.</Command> The directory is
created dynamically each time the user logs in.</Para>
<Para>For example, if user <Command>ronv</Command> logs in from display <Filename>wxyz:0</Filename>, the Application
Manager directory <Filename>/var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/ronv-wxyz-0</Filename> is
created.</Para>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.4">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.3">How Application Manager Finds and Gathers Applications<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>gathering into Application Manager</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>gathering applications</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>gathering</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Application Manager is built by gathering local and remote application groups.
The application groups are gathered from directories located along the<IndexTerm>
<Primary>application search path</Primary>
<Secondary>used to gather applications</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
application search path.</Para>
<Para>The default application search path consists of these locations:<IndexTerm>
<Primary>applications</Primary>
<Secondary>search path</Secondary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>search paths</Primary>
<Secondary>applications</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="93*">
<colspec colwidth="435*">
<THead>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Scope</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Location</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</THead>
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Built-in</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>System-wide</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Personal</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/appmanager</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
<Para>To create the top level of Application Manager, links are created at login time
from the application groups (directories) located in directories on the
application search path to the Application Manager directory
<Filename>/var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">login</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">hostname</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">display</Symbol>. The gathering
operation is done by the desktop utility
<Command>dtappgather</Command>, which is automatically
run by Login Manager after the user has successfully logged in.<IndexTerm><Primary>dtappgather</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
<Para>For example, the desktop provides the built-in application group:</Para>
<ProgramListing><Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/Desktop_Tools</Filename></ProgramListing>
<Para>At login time, a<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Application Manager</Primary>
<Secondary>symbolic links</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
symbolic link is created to:</Para>
<ProgramListing>/<Filename>var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">login</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">hostname</Symbol><Filename>-</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">display</Symbol><Filename>/Desktop_Tools</Filename></ProgramListing>
<Para>The application search path can include remote directories. This provides a
way to gather application groups from systems located throughout the
network. For more information, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Adding an Application Server to the
Application Search Path&xd3; on page&numsp;47'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.12">.</Para>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.5">
<Title>Precedence Rules in Gathering Applications<IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>precedence rules</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>precedence</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Where duplicates exist along the search path, personal application groups have
precedence over system-wide groups, and system-wide groups have
precedence over built-in groups. For example, if both
<Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Tools</Filename> and
<Command>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Tools</Command> exist, the
application group under <Filename>/etc</Filename> will be the one used.</Para>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.6">
<Title>Application Groups Provided with the Default Desktop<IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>default</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The uncustomized desktop provides four application groups.</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>Desktop_Apps</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Desktop_Tools</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Information</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>System_Admin</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.7">
<Title>Example of How Application Groups Are Gathered<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>gathering</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para><!--Original XRef content: 'Figure&numsp;3&hyphen;2'--><XRef Role="CodeOrFigureOrTable" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.4"> shows an Application Manager window containing a variety of
application groups.
<!--Original XRef content: 'Table&numsp;3&hyphen;1'--><XRef Role="CodeOrFigureOrTable" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.5"> shows the directories from which the application
groups were gathered.</Para>
<Figure>
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.4">A typical Application Manager window</Title>
<Graphic Entityref="SAG.CnfAM.fig.2" Id="SAG.CnfAM.grph.2"></Graphic>
</Figure>
<Table Id="SAG.CnfAM.tbl.1" Frame="Topbot">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.5">Source of Application Groups for
<!--Original XRef content: 'Figure&numsp;3&hyphen;2'--><XRef Role="CodeOrFigureOrTable" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.4"></Title>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="1.22in">
<colspec colwidth="4.86in">
<THead>
<Row>
<Entry><Para><Literal>Name</Literal></Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Literal>Directory Gathered</Literal></Para></Entry>
</Row>
</THead>
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>CAD_App</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/net/ApServA/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/CAD_App</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>DrawingApp</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/DrawingApp</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Desktop_Apps</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Apps</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Desktop_Tools</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>/<Filename>usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Tools</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Information</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Information</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>System_Admin</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/System_Admin</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>MySpreadSheet</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">/</Symbol><Filename>users/anna/.dt/appmanager/MySpreadSheet</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Media_Tools</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/</Filename>Media_Tools</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</Table>
<Para>If the Information or System_Admin application groups have been customized,
they will be gathered from <Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C</Filename> instead.</Para>
<Para>The CAD_App group is gathered because a system named <Command>ApServA</Command> has been
added to the application search path (see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Adding an Application Server to the
Application Search Path&xd3; on page&numsp;47'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.12">). MySpreadSheet is a personal application
group, available only to user <Command>anna</Command>.</Para>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.8">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.6">Adding Applications to Application Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>adding to Application Manager</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>adding applications</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>When an application has been added to Application Manager, there is an icon
in an application group that starts that application.</Para>
<Para>Many applications provide an application group. The application group is a
directory at the top level of Application Manager that contains the application
icon and other files related to the application.</Para>
<Para>Some applications may not have their own application group. Instead, the icon
to start the application is located in a general application group. For example,
you could create an empty application group named &ldquo;Games&rdquo; that you use as
a container for all the games you install on the system.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.9">
<Title>Ways to Add Applications to Application Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>ways to add</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>There are two ways to add an application to Application Manager:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>Registering the application</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Adding an application icon without registering the application</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Sect3 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.10">
<Title>Registering the Application<IndexTerm><Primary>registration</Primary><Secondary>definition</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Application registration provides full application integration.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>applications</Primary>
<Secondary>registered, definition</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>A registered application:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>Has its own application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Has its desktop configuration files gathered under a single location. This
group of desktop configuration files is called the <Emphasis><IndexTerm>
<Primary>registration package</Primary>
</IndexTerm>registration package</Emphasis>.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>May have a registered help volume.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>There are two ways an application can become registered:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>When you install a desktop-smart application, registration occurs
automatically. See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Add a Desktop-Smart Application to Application
Manager&xd3; on page&numsp;44'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.7">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>An existing application can be registered by creating a registration package.
See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Register an Existing or Non-Desktop Smart Application&xd3; on
page&numsp;45'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.8">.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>The use of a registration package makes the application easier to administer on
the desktop. The registration package is created somewhere in the file system
other than the locations used for desktop configuration files.</Para>
</Sect3>
<Sect3 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.11">
<Title>Adding the Application without Using a Registration Package.</Title>
<Para>This is the preferred way to add application when you want Application
Manager to contain only an icon to start the application.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>applications</Primary>
<Secondary>adding without registering</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>An application added without using a registration package:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>May have its own application group, but usually has its icon placed in an
existing application group</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Has its desktop configuration files placed directly in locations along the
desktop's search paths.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Add an Application Icon to an Existing Application Group&xd3; on
page&numsp;45'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.9">.</Para>
</Sect3>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.12" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.7">To Add a Desktop-Smart Application to Application Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>desktop-smart</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>desktop-smart application</Primary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>A desktop-smart application is an application that is automatically registered
into Application Manager when the application is installed. The application's
filesets include the registration package required by the desktop.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Install the application using instructions provided with the application.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>When installation is complete, double-click Reload Applications in the
Desktop_Tools application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Verify that installation is complete:</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open Application Manager and check for the presence of the new
application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>To open the application, open the application group and double-click the
application's icon.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.13" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.8">To Register an Existing or Non-Desktop Smart Application</Title>
<Para>This is the preferred way to fully integrate an application into the desktop.</Para>
<Para>The desktop provides a tool, <Command>dtappintegrate</Command>, that creates links between the
registration package files and the directories on the desktop search path.</Para>
<Para>Desktop registration is explained in
<!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter&numsp;4, &xd2;Registering an Application'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitle" Linkend="SAG.RegAp.div.1">.</Para>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.14" Role="Procedure">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.9">To Add an Application Icon to an Existing Application Group</Title>
<Para>This procedure explains how to add an application icon to an existing
application group.</Para>
<Para>For example, the desktop provides an application group named
System_Admin that has been reserved for various applications and scripts
related to administering systems. If you have a script that users frequently run,
you might want users to be able to run the script by double-clicking an icon in
the System_Admin application group.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Use Create Action to create an action definition for the application.</Para>
<Para>For more information about Create Action, see
<!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter&numsp;9, &xd2;Creating Actions
and Data Types Using Create Action'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitle" Linkend="SAG.dtCrA.div.1">.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create an executable file with the same name as the action name in the
directory for the application group. The content of the file is irrelevant.</Para>
<Para>For example, if you've created an action named &ldquo;Cleanup&rdquo; that runs a
system administration tool, you would create the executable file:
</para>
<programlisting>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/<Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>/System_Admin/Cleanup
</programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.15">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.10">Creating and Administering General Application Groups<IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>administering</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>A general application is an application group (directory) that is not associated
with one particular application product. For example, the built-in
Desktop_Tools application group is a general group containing icons for a
large number of applications that are related, but not part of a single product.</Para>
<Para>You can create additional general application groups. For example, you might
want to create a group called Games to group together the various games
available on the system.</Para>
<Para>A general application group can be system-wide or personal in scope.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.16" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Create a System-Wide General Application Group<IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>system-wide</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Log in as root.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create a directory in <Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>.</Para>
<Para>The name of the directory becomes the name of the<IndexTerm>
<Primary>application groups</Primary>
<Secondary>naming</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Double-click Reload Applications in the Desktop_Tools application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.17" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Create a Personal General Application Group<IndexTerm><Primary>personal application group</Primary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>personal</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create a directory in <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/appmanager</Filename>.</Para>
<Para>The name of the directory becomes the name of the application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Double-click Reload Applications in the Desktop_Tools application group.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.18" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Customize a Built-In Application Group<IndexTerm><Primary>application groups</Primary><Secondary>customizing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Log in as root.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>If the application group is located in
<Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>, copy the application group
to /<Filename>etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Desktop_Tools application group, modifying</Primary>
</IndexTerm>For example, the following command copies the Desktop_Tools application
group:</Para>
<programlisting>cp -r /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Tools /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C</programlisting>
<Para>The new copy of the application group will have precedence over the built-
in version.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Modify the copy of the application group. For example, you can add new
action files (executable files with the same name as actions).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>To see the changes, log out and back in.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.19">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.11">Modifying the Search Path Used To Locate Applications<IndexTerm><Primary>application search path</Primary><Secondary>reason for modifying</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The major reason for modifying the application search path is to add an<IndexTerm>
<Primary>application servers</Primary>
<Secondary>adding</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>
application server. When you add an application server to the search path,
Application Manager gathers all the server's system-wide application groups.</Para>
<Para>For more information on the application search path, see
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Application Search
Path&xd3; on page&numsp;116'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.Datab.div.7">.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.20">
<Title>The Default Search Path<IndexTerm><Primary>application search path</Primary><Secondary>default</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>The default application search path includes these directories:</Para>
<InformalTable>
<TGroup Cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="108*">
<colspec colwidth="420*">
<THead>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Scope</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para>Search Path Directory</Para></Entry>
</Row>
</THead>
<TBody>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Personal</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/appmanager</Filename></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>System-wide</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></Para></Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry><Para>Built-in</Para></Entry>
<Entry><Para><Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></Para></Entry>
</Row>
</TBody>
</TGroup>
</InformalTable>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.21">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.12">Adding an Application Server to the Application Search Path<IndexTerm><Primary>application search path</Primary><Secondary>modifying</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>In addition to modifying the application search path, it may be necessary to
perform additional configuration tasks to enable communication with the
application server. See
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Administering Application Services&xd3; on page&numsp;99'--><XRef Role="SecTitleAndPageNum" Linkend="SAG.ClSrv.div.32">.</Para>
<Sect3 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.22" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Set a System-Wide Application Search Path<IndexTerm><Primary>application search path</Primary><Secondary>system-wide</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Log in as root.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>If the file /<Filename>etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths</Filename> doesn't exist,
create it by copying <Filename>/usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths</Filename>.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open /<Filename>etc/dt/Xsession.d/0010.paths</Filename> for editing. Add or edit a line
setting the <Command><IndexTerm>
<Primary>DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS variable</Primary>
<Secondary>modifying</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS</Command> variable:</Para>
<programlisting>DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS=<Symbol Role="Variable">hostname</Symbol>:[,hostname]</programlisting>
<Para>For example, the following line adds the system <Command>ApServA</Command> to the application
search path:</Para>
<programlisting>DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS=ApServA:</programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Inform all users on the system that they must log out and then log back in
for the change to take effect.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect3>
<Sect3 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.23" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Set a Personal Application Search Path<IndexTerm><Primary>application search path</Primary><Secondary>personal</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dtprofile</Filename> for editing.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Add or edit a line setting the <Command><IndexTerm>
<Primary>DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS variable</Primary>
<Secondary>modifying</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS</Command> variable:</Para>
<programlisting>DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS=<Symbol Role="Variable">hostname</Symbol>:[,hostname]</programlisting>
<Para>For example, the following line adds the systems <Command>ApServB</Command> and <Command>ApServC</Command> to
the application search path:</Para>
<programlisting>DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS=ApServB:,ApServC:</programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Log out and then log back in.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect3>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.24">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.13">General Application Manager Administration<IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>general administration</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>General Application Manager administration tasks include:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>Removing an application</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Rereading the database of applications during a session</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.25" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Remove an Application<IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>un-registering</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>applications</Primary><Secondary>removing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>If an application has been registered using the <Command>dtappintegrate</Command> tool, you can
also use <Command>dtappintegrate</Command> to reverse the process. When an application is
unregistered, its application group is removed from Application Manager, and
its actions, data types, icons, and help are no longer available.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Log in as root.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>dtappintegrate</Primary>
<Secondary>removing application</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>Run the command:</Para>
<programlisting>dtappintegrate -s <Symbol Role="Variable">app_root</Symbol> -u</programlisting>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.26" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Update Application Manager During a Session<IndexTerm><Primary>Application Manager</Primary><Secondary>updating</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>applications</Primary>
<Secondary>reloading</Secondary>
</IndexTerm>You must rebuild Application Manager if you add applications and want those
changes to take effect immediately.</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>Open the Desktop_Tools application group and double-click Reload
Applications.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>Reload Applications is useful for updating Application Manager when
applications are added to an application server. However,<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Reload Applications action</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
Reload Applications
does not detect applications that have been removed from an application
server, or applications that have been moved from one location to another.
These changes take effect when the user logs out and back in.</Para>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.27">
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.14">Changing the Text Editor and Terminal Emulator<IndexTerm><Primary>text editor, changing</Primary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>terminal emulator</Primary><Secondary>changing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
<Para>Both the text editor and terminal emulator applications can be started by
choosing a control in the Front Panel, or by double-clicking an icon in
Application Manager.</Para>
<Para>These applications are also started by other desktop activities.</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet1">
<ListItem>
<Para>The text editor application opens when the user selects a text file in File
Manager and chooses Open from the Selected menu. The default text editor
is <Command>dtpad</Command>.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>A terminal emulator runs when a user chooses Open Terminal from File
Manager's File menu, or when an action opens a terminal emulator window.
The default terminal emulator is <Command>dtterm</Command>.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>You can configure the desktop to use a different text editor or terminal
emulator application in these situations.</Para>
<Sect2 Id="SAG.CnfAM.div.28" Role="Procedure">
<Title>To Change the Default Text Editor or Terminal Emulator</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>If the change is system-wide, log in as root.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Create an action for the new text editor or terminal emulator application.</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>You can use the Create Action application.
<!--Original XRef content: 'Figure&numsp;3&hyphen;3'--><XRef Role="CodeOrFigureOrTable" Linkend="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.15"> shows a Create
Action window filled in for an application named TextPad. For more
information about Create Action, see
<!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter&numsp;9, &xd2;Creating Actions and
Data Types Using Create Action'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitle" Linkend="SAG.dtCrA.div.1">.</Para>
<Figure>
<Title Id="SAG.CnfAM.mkr.15">Create Action window</Title>
<Graphic Entityref="SAG.CnfAM.fig.3" Id="SAG.CnfAM.grph.3"></Graphic>
</Figure>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Or, you can create the action definition manually; for example:.</Para>
<programlisting>ACTION TextPad
{
LABEL TextPad
TYPE COMMAND
WINDOW_TYPE NO_STDIO
EXEC_STRING /usr/TP/bin/TextPad &percnt;(File)Arg_1&percnt;
DESCRIPTION Double-click this icon to start the \
TextPad application.
}
</programlisting>
<Para>For information on creating action definitions manually, see
<!--Original XRef content: 'Chapter&numsp;10,
&xd2;Creating Actions Manually'--><XRef Role="ChapNumAndTitle" Linkend="SAG.CrAct.div.1">.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Place the configuration file containing the new action in the proper
directory:</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: <Filename>/etc/dt/appconfig/types/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/types</Filename></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>If it doesn't already exist, create the appropriate <Filename>user-prefs.dt</Filename> file by
copying <Filename>/usr/dt/appconfig/types/</Filename><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol><Filename>/user-prefs.dt</Filename> to:<IndexTerm><Primary>user-prefs.dt file</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
<ItemizedList Remap="Bullet2">
<ListItem>
<Para>System-wide: the <Command>/etc/dt/appconfig/types/</Command><Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol> directory</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Personal: the <Symbol Role="Variable">HomeDirectory</Symbol><Filename>/.dt/types</Filename> directory</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Edit the TextEditor or Terminal action in the system-wide or personal
<Filename>user-prefs.dt</Filename> file. Modify the <Filename>MAP_ACTION</Filename> line to map the action to the
new action.</Para>
<Para>For example, change the line:</Para>
<programlisting>MAP_ACTION Dtpad</programlisting>
<Para>to:</Para>
<programlisting>MAP_ACTION TextPad</programlisting>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Save the <Filename>user-prefs.dt</Filename> file.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>Double-click Reload Actions in the Desktop_Tools application group to
reload the actions database.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect2>
</Sect1>
</Chapter>
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