Configuration Guide

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1. Overview

• Environment Setup Files
• Workstation Configuration Files
• See Also

2. Application Variables

• Setting Application Variables
• Setup Files
• Setup File Syntax
• Display Attribute Settings
• Portable Settings
• Runtime Changes
• Setup Variables
• Behavior Variables
• Cursor Appearance and Movement
• Numeric Format and Display
• Text Selection Appearance
• Function Keys
• Menus and Toolbars
• Message Display
• Message Acknowledgment
• Shifting and Scrolling
• Filename Conventions and Search
• Display Attributes for Grouped Items
• Panther Mouse Cursor Appearance and Behavior
• Miscellaneous Variables
• Sample Setup File

3. Windows Initialization File

• Initialization File Search
• Initialization File Format
• General Variable Settings
• Behavior and Display Settings
• Basic Color Mappings
• Status Line Appearance
• Help Behavior
• DDE
• Edit and Windows Menus
• Sample Initialization File

4. Setting Motif Defaults

• Resource Files
• Resource Filenames
• Resource File Format
• Location of Resource Files
• Colors
• Basic Color Mappings
• Overriding Colors Set Within Panther
• How to Set an Application's Background and Foreground Colors
• How to Set Widget Colors
• Motif Colors
• Resource Options
• Combined Resource Settings
• Restricted Resources
• Global Resource and Command Line Options
• Widget Hierarchy
• Base Screen
• Dialog Boxes
• Panther Screens
• Widgets
• Menus and Toolbars
• Sample Motif Resource File

5. Character Mode Settings

• Label Text Display
• Screen Attributes
• Menus
• Miscellaneous

6. Key Translation File

• The Role of the Key Translation File
• Learn Your Key Mapping
• Viewing Key Sequences
• Key Translation File Syntax
• Example
• Key Mnemonics and Hexadecimal Values
• ASCII Character Mnemonics and Hex Values
• Creating and Modifying a Key Translation File
• Customizing Key Mapping
• Example: Changing the Key Translation File
• Using Alternate Key Translation Files

7. Video File

• Finding the Correct Video File
• The Role of the Video File
• The Basic Video File
• Processing Keywords—Automatic Parameter Sequencing
• Supporting termcap commands
• Video File Syntax
• Wrapping Lines
• Double Quotes
• Percent Sign (%)
• Inputting Control Characters
• Parameters for Keyword Sequences
• Percent Commands
• Output Commands
• Stack Manipulation and Arithmetic Commands
• Parameter Sequencing Commands
• Parameter Changing Commands
• Control Flow Commands
• Padding
• Creating and Modifying a Video File
• Modifying an Existing Video File
• Creating a Video File
• Enhancing a Basic Video File
• Video File Keywords
• Basic Capabilities
• Screen and Line Erasure
• Cursor Position
• Cursor Appearance
• Display Attributes
• Attribute Types
• Unable to combine attributes
• Bit-mapped attributes
• For Videotex terminal
• Protected modes
• Status Line
• Graphics and International Character Support
• Recommendations
• Borders and Line Drawing
• Border Styles
• Boxes
• Indicators
• Drivers
• Miscellaneous
• Sample Video File

8. Setup File Utilities

• key2bin
• var2bin
• vid2bin

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