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V1.3
In a multihead configuration that uses the XINERAMA extension and Powerstorm 4d20 graphics cards, DECterm windows may not display text properly. However, keyboard input is still processed.
Refreshing any affected DECterm displays by running the XREFRESH utility from within each window will normally correct the situation. XREFRESH can be executed as follows:
$ RUN DECW$UTILS:XREFRESH |
V1.2--5
If the XUI window manager is in use, "Auto Resize Terminal" is on, and you used the mouse to resize the DECterm window, the DECterm window shrinks. To workaround this problem, add the following line to the DECterm resource file DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT.DAT:
DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.useWMHints: false |
If you make this change, be aware that the window manager will report the size of the DECterm window in pixels rather than character cells. Also, if you maximize a DECterm window, it might not properly restore to its previous size. However, it will no longer shrink.
The locale of the display is now used to create the file name of the DECterm resource file. For example, if the locale is set to "ja_JP", then the default resource file name becomes DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT_JA_JP.DAT.
However, DECterm continues to use the old resource file name until the user selects Save Options at least once in the particular locale. The default resource file name for DECterm continues to be DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT.DAT if the locale meets any of the following conditions:
V1.2--4
A DECterm controller can create a maximum of 23 DECterm windows. This occurs because DECterm needs an event flag for each terminal window to use. There are 23 event flags that DECterm can use. (Event flag 0 and event flags 24--32 are not available for DECterm to use.)
If you need more than 23 DECterm windows, then you must create a new controller. To create a new controller, enter the following command:
$ MCR DECW$TERMINAL |
Note that the window from which this command is executed cannot be used for anything else because this command does not return until the last DECterm window is closed. After starting the controller with this method, the user can create another 23 DECterm windows with the DCL command CREATE/TERMINAL.
If you maximize the DECterm window when you enable the Auto Resize Terminal window option, the window is expanded to its nearest cell boundary; the window does not necessarily occupy the entire screen. The Restore options continue to function appropriately.
When you enable the Show Feedback option in the Workspace Options dialog box of the Window Manager and you resize a DECterm window, the size of the window is reported in characters instead of pixels.
You cannot change the Auto Repeat setting in the DECterm Keyboard Options dialog box. Instead, change the setting in the Keyboard dialog box in the Session Manager (Traditional DECwindows Desktop) or Style Manager (New Desktop).
DECterm windows may not be displayed where the DECW$TERMINAL.x and DECW$TERMINAL.y resources are specified due to WM_NORMAL_HINTS not being set correctly.
On the Traditional DECwindows Desktop, DECterm windows are positioned incorrectly if the resource Mwm*clientAutoPlace is set to TRUE. As a workaround, set this resource to FALSE and restart MWM.
When using the New Desktop workspace manager, DTWM, the relevant resource is Dtwm*clientAutoPlace. Set this resource to FALSE and restart the workspace manager.
If keyboard or mouse activity does not take place for 10 seconds after the copyright notice is displayed on the terminal, the notice disappears from the DECterm screen.
Not all fonts work properly with DECterm. DECterm emulates a character-cell terminal, and, therefore, expects the fonts to be monospaced (each glyph occupies the same number of pixels). Proportional fonts can be chosen, but they produce unpredictable results.
Furthermore, DECterm fonts are supplied in families of 26 related fonts, including variations for bold, double-width, double-width/double-height, normal, and condensed characters. Also, DECterm fonts include special characters, such as the Line Drawing and the DIGITAL Technical character sets. A DECterm font family is identified by the font naming convention.
Use of fonts that do not have all the related font family variations, fonts that do not have the needed special characters, or font families that do not adhere to the DECterm font family naming conventions, may not result in an optimal display or otherwise perform as expected.
Table 2-1 describes the logical names that are supported by DECterm. If you do not define these logical names in your LOGIN.COM file, the controller uses the default values.
Logical Name | Description |
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DECTERM_DIAG | Enables diagnostic messages. |
DECTERM_SHOW_PARSING | Shows characters as they are parsed. |
DECW$DECTERM_OUTPUT | Name of diagnostic output file; default is SYS$OUTPUT. |
DECW$DECTERM_REGIS_CURSOR | Specifies which cursor to use for ReGIS. |
DECW$TERMINAL_NODENAME | Node name used by controller if it cannot find another name. |
DECW$DECTERM_CTRL_SSRWAIT | Sets the SSRWAIT flag for the controller to 1. |
DECW$DECTERM_CTRL_PSWAPM | Sets the PSWAPM flag for the controller to 1. |
DECW$DECTERM_CTRL_WSEXTENT | Sets the WSEXTENT quota for the controller. |
DECW$DECTERM_CTRL_WSQUOTA | Sets the WSQUOTA quota for the controller. |
DECW$DECTERM_DISABLE_QUOTA_CHECKING | Turns off quota checking. |
DECW$DECTERM_MEM_DIAG | Shows controller quota calculations. |
Printing to a port device requires you to have read and write privileges on that port. You cannot print by allocating the device, since the controller requires access to the device. Instead, set the device to WORLD:RW.
For example, to use the printer port on a VAX 3100 system, enter the following command from a privileged account or include the command in the system startup file:
$ SET PROTECTION=WORLD:RW TTA3:/DEVICE |
If the hold screen key response time is too slow, add the following lines to your DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT.DAT file:
DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.syncFrequency: 1 DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.batchScrollCount: 1 |
Using these resources can affect the performance of the DECterm window. The actual impact on performance varies from site to site. You can trade off scrolling speed to hold-screen response time. A faster hold-screen response results in a slower scrolling speed. The default values for these resources are 10 and 0, respectively.
The following information is specific to DECterm graphics:
You cannot create more terminal windows than your system resources and quotas allow. If you have insufficient resources, a dialog box is displayed with a message indicating that no additional DECterm windows can be created.
To reduce the memory requirement of each DECterm window and create additional terminal windows, decrease the number of Record Lines Off Top in the Display dialog box and decrease the number of columns for each DECterm window.
Once the resource limit is reached, log out of all DECterm windows that are running on the host system before you increase the number of terminal windows.
DECterm produces a diagnostic file when a status code of fatal is returned. The DECTERM_ERROR.LOG file is produced in the login directory when the DECterm application exits abnormally. If you have a problem with the DECterm application, submit a copy of this log file to your HP service representative. However, under certain circumstances, a log file is generated even when no problem is encountered. Therefore, the appearance of a log file as an isolated event should not be cause for a problem report.
You can enable additional levels of diagnostic messages by defining either a logical name or a symbol named DECTERM_DIAG. When defined, enhanced diagnostics are displayed by the DECterm images. Use this mode only for diagnosing problems; it causes Session Manager message windows to be generated for each new DECterm created from the Session Manager.
DECterm diagnostics can be captured in a file by defining the logical name DECW$DECTERM_OUTPUT to point to a file.
To redirect the output from the debugger to a DECterm window, enter the following command:
$ CREATE/TERMINAL/NOPROCESS/DEFINE=xxx |
This command creates a DECterm without an associated process but with a logical name of xxx that points to the terminal. This procedure enables you to direct output to a DECterm window other than the window where the application is currently running. To redirect the output, enter the following commands:
$ DEFINE /USER DBG$INPUT xxx: $ DEFINE /USER DBG$OUTPUT xxx: $ RUN /DEBUG application.EXE |
To create a process that uses a virtual terminal, enter the following command:
$ CREATE/TERMINAL/NOPROCESS |
Then establish focus to the newly created DECterm, press Return, and log in. Note that the /DEFINE qualifier is not required.
Although DECterm incorporates some of the features of the VT330- and VT340-series video terminals, such as ReGIS and Sixel graphics; it does not provide complete VT330 and VT340 terminal emulation.
The following restrictions apply to DECterm:
The /PROCESS=procnam qualifier does not work when used in conjunction with the /DETACHED qualifier, unless there is already a process running on the system where its process name is equal to the user name.
To work around this problem, use the following command procedure:
$! CREATE_TERM_PROC.COM $! $! Invoke as SPAWN/NOWAIT @CREATE_TERM_PROC procname $! $ SET NOON $! $! Set Process name to username $! $ X = F$CONTEXT("PROCESS", PID, "PRCNAM", "''F$PROCESS()'","EQL") $ NAME = F$EDIT(F$GETJPI(X,"USERNAME"),"COLLAPSE") $ SET PROCESS/NAME="''NAME'" $ CREATE/TERMINAL/DETACHED/PROCESS="''P1'" $! $! Allow new process to RUN LOGINOUT before exiting subprocess $ WAIT 00:00:10 |
If the /PROCESS=procnam qualifier specifies a process name that is already in use, the DECterm is created but creation of the process inside the DECterm fails. In this case, the DCL command CREATE/TERMINAL returns the following error message:
%SYSTEM-F-DUPLNAM, duplicate name |
When DECterm sends a ReGIS locator report in response to the R(P(I)) command, or in multiple input mode and the locator position is outside the addressable area, DECterm sends a locator report with the coordinates omitted. For example, press the A key to generate the report:
A[]<CR>, where <CR> is a carriage return (ASCII code 13). |
This section contains release notes pertaining to the DECwindows CD Player application.
The DECwindows CD Player (DECW$CDPLAYER) application in the DECW$EXAMPLES directory requires PHY_IO and DIAGNOSE privileges to operate the compact-disc player hardware. Either your process or the image must have these privileges.
This section contains release notes pertaining to the DECwindows Mail application.
V1.2--6
With the removal of the support for Display PostScript from the current version of DECwindows Motif, DECWmail no longer supports the display of messages that are exclusively PostScript code. In previous versions, DECWmail sensed the presence of a mail message containing PostScript and used Display PostScript to display the message.
Currently, when DECWmail detects a messages that is exclusively PostScript code, it displays the following error message:
[This PostScript® message cannot currently be displayed.] |
As a workaround, use the Extract option in the File menu, (deselect the "Include Header Information" button in the Extract dialog box), and print the extracted file.
V1.2--4
In DECwindows Mail, if the user selects one or more messages in the directory window using MB1 and then clicks on MB2 in another window (such as a DECterm window), the entire contents of the selected messages is pasted into the other window. The selected messages are highlighted in the directory window, however the text of the selected and pasted message is not highlighted in the Read window.
V1.2--3
Enhancements in the DECwindows Mail application to comply more closely with OSF/Motif style conventions cause some changes with application responses to keyboard actions. Note the following changes.
If you use the Tab key to advance through text entry boxes in the Create/Send window, the current field is no longer highlighted. To select a field, use one of the standard Motif actions, such as double or triple clicking MB1, or use the Shift+Alt -> key sequence.
In several dialog boxes, press either the Select key or the space bar to activate a pushbutton through the keyboard. Note that the Return key and the Enter key are bound to other widgets in the dialog box. Alternatively, you can continue to click MB1 to activate a pushbutton.
V1.2
If you use the color customizer sample program provided in the directory DECW$EXAMPLES to control DECwindows Mail colors, the DECwindows Mail color customization dialog boxes used to modify those colors may not reflect the correct current color values. This is normal behavior; use the color customizer instead of the DECwindows Mail color customization dialog boxes to change these values. Alternatively, exit from the color customizer and restart DECwindows Mail. See HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha New Features for more information about the color customizer.
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Notepad application.
V1.2--3
The Notepad application is linked with the OSF/Motif Release 1.1.3 Toolkit. Notepad is not modified to link with the OSF/Motif Release 1.2.3 Toolkit, which is provided with the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha Version 1.3 product. The following restrictions apply:
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Paint application.
If your workstation does not have sufficient colormap entries to view or edit a color image, Paint creates a private colormap. When this happens, the Paint image retains its colors, but the colors on the rest of the workstation are modified. To restore the colors to their original values, give another window input focus by clicking on it.
On GPX systems, Paint might appear slow even when performing basic operations such as drawing a brush stroke. This is because the pixmap is being swapped into the pixmap memory in order to paint the object. If Paint performance is slow, click on the Pencil tool and draw a point in the image area. This should improve performance following the initial Pencil click.
When editing images (especially color images), you can resize the image area using the Picture Size... entry from the Options menu. Resize to the least possible image area to significantly reduce the amount of required pixmap memory.
This section contains release notes pertaining to the Session Manager application.
V1.2
When specifying a list of users who can access the X server in the Authorized Users dialog box, place the node name within quotation marks if the name contains any of the following:
Session Manager automatically adds quotation marks to the node name if they are needed, unless the node name begins with a double quotation mark. If the node name begins with a double quotation mark, Session Manager assumes that the user has already quoted the node name and does not change it.
Within a quoted string, a double quotation mark should be replaced by two double quotation marks (""). For example, the quoted string "DEC:.zko."my node"" should be changed to the following:
("DEC:.zko.""my node"""). |
V1.2
If you are using the color customizer example program provided in the directory DECW$EXAMPLES to control Session Manager colors, the Session Manager color customization dialog boxes used to modify those colors may not reflect the correct current color values. This is normal behavior; use the color customizer instead of the Session Manager color customization dialog boxes to change these values. Alternatively, exit the color customizer and restart your session. See the HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha New Features manual for more information about the color customizer.
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