vueannotator(1)

NAME

vueannotator − creates textual annotations associated with a UNIX file

SYNOPSIS

vueannotator -files list-of-files

DESCRIPTION

This client provides users with a tool for attaching textual annotations to any standard UNIX file, in a non-intrusive manner. As the file is moved or copied, using the vuefile File Manager, any associated annotations will remain with the file. Existing annotations can be reviewed or edited.

OPTIONS

−files list-of-files
This parameter specifies a list of comma-separated filename. For each of the specified files, a main annotator view will be displayed. Relative pathnames are not supported.

USER INTERFACE

The vueannotator client provides three primary classes of windows, along with a collection of work dialogs used for collecting filenames, or for displaying error and warning messages. This section will briefly describe each of the three primary classes of windows:

Main Annotator Window
When the user asks to annotate a file, a main annotator window will be displayed. It displays the name of the file, along with its icon. In addition, it displays a scrolled list of all of the current annotations attached to the file. Using the menubar and by selecting an item in the scrolled list, the user can edit, view or delete an existing annotation. The menubar also provides the mechanism for creating new annotations. By double-clicking on one of the annotations in the scrolled list, a ‘quick review‘ dialog will be displayed for the selected annotation.

Show/Edit/Create Textual Annotation Dialog
This dialog is used to either create a new annotation, edit an existing annotation, or view an existing annotation; its usage and set of available functionality is dependent upon which menu item the user used to display the dialog. It uses a standard Motif multi-lined text widget as the textual annotation region.

Review Textual Annotation Dialog
This dialog allows the user to quickly review an existing annotation. If the user double-clicked on a text annotation in one of the Main Annotator Windows, then this dialog will simply review the selected annotation. If the user has posted this by selecting the ’Review Annotation’ menu item in the vuefile File Manager, then the user can sequence throught each of the text annotations, one at a time; the ’Next’ button can be used to move to the next annotation, while the ’Stop’ button can be used to terminate the review process at any time.

WARNINGS

You can annotate any file, as long as you have write permission for the directory in which the file resides.

COPYRIGHT

ORIGIN

Hewlett-Packard Company

SunOS 3.0 — Last change:

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