| Preface |
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Preface
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Preface
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| Chapter 1 |
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1
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Overview of the New Desktop
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1.1
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What is CDE?
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1.2
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Why is Digital Offering CDE?
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1.3
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What is the New Desktop?
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1.4
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Familiarizing Yourself With the New Desktop
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1.5
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New Desktop Productivity Features
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1.6
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User Applications
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1.7
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APIs and Application Integration Services
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1.8
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Documentation for the New Desktop
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1.8.1
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CDE Manuals
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1.8.2
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Using Enhanced Mosaic to Access Manuals
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| Chapter 2 |
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2
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Using the New Desktop
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2.1
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CDE User Applications in the New Desktop
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2.1.1
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Login Manager
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2.1.2
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Front Panel
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2.1.3
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Application Manager
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2.1.4
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Calculator
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2.1.5
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File Manager
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2.1.5.1
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File Representation
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2.1.5.2
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File Filtering and Sorting
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2.1.6
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Trash Can
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2.1.7
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Help Viewer
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2.1.8
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Icon Editor
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2.1.9
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Print Dialog
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2.1.10
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Text Editor
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2.1.11
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Session Manager
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2.1.12
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Style Manager
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2.2
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Accessing DECwindows Applications
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2.3
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Making Applications More Accessible
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2.4
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CDE User Documentation
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| Chapter 3 |
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3
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Managing the New Desktop
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3.1
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DECwindows and the New Desktop Startup Sequence
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3.2
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Changing the Default Desktop
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3.3
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New Desktop Directory Hierarchy
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3.3.1
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System Default Configuration Directories
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3.3.2
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Directory Hierarchy With Multiple Locales
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3.3.3
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Configuration Directories for Systemwide Customizations
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3.3.4
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Configuration Directories for User Customizations
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3.3.5
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Order of Precedence of Data Files
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3.4
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Customizing the Environment and Applications
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3.4.1
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Using Resource Files With the New Desktop
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3.4.2
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Using Actions With the New Desktop
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3.4.2.1
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Data Typing
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3.4.2.2
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Action (Stub) Files
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3.4.3
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Security Settings
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3.4.4
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Keyboard Settings
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3.4.5
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Printer Management
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3.4.5.1
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Adding Printers to the Personal Printers Subpanel
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3.4.5.2
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Creating a Printer Subpanel Control Definition File
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3.4.5.3
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Changing the Default System Printer
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3.4.5.4
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Changing the Default Printer for Your Own Use
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3.4.5.5
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Print Dialog Command Line Options
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3.4.5.6
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Starting Print Dialog From a Command Line
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3.4.6
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Changing the Default Editor
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3.4.7
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Window Colors and Screen Background
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3.4.8
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Window Manager Customizations
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3.4.8.1
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Window Manager Resource File (DTWM.DAT)
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3.4.8.2
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Window Manager Resource Configuration File (SYS.DTWMRC)
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3.4.9
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Automatic Application Startup
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3.5
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Using the New Desktop Error Logs
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3.6
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Using Colors in the New Desktop Environment
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3.6.1
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Changing the Number of Available Colors
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3.6.2
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Avoiding Color Conflicts
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3.7
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Using the New Desktop Fonts
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3.7.1
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Changing Application Font Size
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3.8
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Using X Terminals and Other Remote Displays
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3.8.1
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Selecting the New Desktop Window Manager
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3.8.2
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Accessing Font Aliases
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3.8.3
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Switching Languages
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3.9
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Using Multiple Screens
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3.10
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Managing Processes Created Within the New Desktop
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3.10.1
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Passing Process Logical Names to Detached Processes
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3.10.2
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Specifying the Creation of Subprocesses
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3.10.3
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Debugging Processes
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3.10.4
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Identifying Processes By Name
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3.11
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CDE System Management Documentation
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| Chapter 4 |
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4
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Integrating Applications Into the New Desktop
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4.1
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Minimal Integration
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4.1.1
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CDE Action Terminology
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4.1.2
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Creating Action Definition Files on OpenVMS Alpha
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4.1.3
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Create Action Overview
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4.1.4
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Integrating Applications Using Create Action
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4.1.5
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Creating or Modifying Data Types Using Create Action
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4.1.6
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Editing Icons From the Create Action Application
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4.2
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Recommended Integration
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4.2.1
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Internationalization
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4.2.2
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Displaying Error Messages From Applications
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4.3
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Optional Integration
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4.4
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Creating New Application Groups
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4.5
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Registering a Third-Party Application
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4.6
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Porting UNIX Reference Pages to the New Desktop
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4.7
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CDE Documentation for Integrating Applications
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