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3Xt. X Toolkit

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8. Maintenance Commands

Manual — OpenWindows V2

266 entries

1. Commands

24to8convert a 24 bit rasterfile to an 8 bit one suitable for X11/NeWS. 
bindermodify deskset bindings data base
bmtoa, atobm, bitmapbitmap editor and converter utilities for X
bldfamilybuild font family description
calctoola desktop calculator. 
clockdisplay the time in an icon or window
cmcalendar manager, appointment and resource scheduling tool
cmdtoolrun a shell (or other program) in an OpenWindows enhanced terminal window
convert_to_Xdefaultsconvert Sunview1 defaults into equivalent Xdefaults  
convert_to_xviewconvert a SunView1 source program to XView source
convertfontdump font out in some other format
cpsconstruct C to POSTSCRIPT language interface
cvtolwmmenuconvert old olwm menu files
dbxtoolOpenWindows interface for the dbx source-level debugger
filemgrOpenWindows mouse-based file manager
ico, ico2animate an icosahedron or other polyhedron
iconeditcreate and edit images for OpenWindows icons, cursors and panel items
journallingNeWS event record and playback package
kbd_modechange the keyboard translation mode
ldfload -defined  font
mailtoolOpenWindows interface for the mail program
makeafbcreate bitmap files from scalable Folio format files
mkiconfontmake an ASCII cursor or icon font from a list of ASCII bitmap files
newshostNeWS network security control
newsserverstrgenerate a string for the NEWSSERVER environment variable
objectdifflist differences between two lists of X11/NeWS data objects
objectwatcherlist data objects allocated/deallocated in X11/NeWS since this command was last run. 
olwmOPEN LOOK window manager for OpenWindows
openwinOpenWindows startup script
pageviewPOSTSCRIPT language previewer for OpenWindows
pamremove sticky window from NeWS display
perfmeterdisplay system performance values in a meter or strip chart
printtoolOpenWindows tool for printing files
pshNeWS POSTSCRIPT shell
psindentformat POSTSCRIPT language or NeWS source
psmandisplay reference manual pages; find reference pages by keyword
pspsNeWS process lister
pstagscreate a POSTSCRIPT language or NeWS tags file for use with vi
pstermNeWS terminal emulator
redxblueswap red and blue for a 24 or 32 bit rasterfile. 
reservecolorsreserve colors in the X11/NeWS default colormap
rpc.cmsdcalendar manager service daemon
shelltoolrun a shell (or other program) in an OpenWindows terminal window
snapshotcapture some or all of a screen and save to a raster file
spider, spider.nplay double deck solitaire  
svenvexport SunView environment
tapetoolOpenWindows tool for reading files from tape or archiving files to tape
texteditXView window- and mouse-based text editor
xauthX authority file utility
xcalcscientific calculator for X
xdprdump an X window directly to a printer
xdpyinfodisplay information utility for X
xfdfont displayer for X
xhostserver access control program for X
xinitX Window System initializer
xlockLocks the local X display until a password is entered.   
xlsatomslist interned atoms defined on server
xlsclients, xlsclilist client applications running on a display
xlsfontsserver font list displayer for X
xlswinsserver window list displayer for X
xmagmagnify parts of the screen
xmodmaputility for modifying keymaps in X
xnewswindow system server
xprprint an X window dump
xpropproperty displayer for X
xrdbX server resource database utility
xrefreshrefresh all or part of an X screen
xsetuser preference utility for X
xsetrootroot window parameter setting utility for X
xstdcmapX standard colormap utility
XView, xviewXView toolkit information
xwddump an image of an X window
xwininfowindow information utility for X
xwudimage displayer for X

3. C Library

MenuShell
TextEdit
psioNeWS buffered input/output package
xv_decode_dropdecode drop event

3W. OLIT Library

AbbrevMenuButton
AbbrevStack
 AllocateBuffer, AllocateBuffer
 AllocateTextBuffer, AllocateTextBuffer
 BackwardScanTextBuffer, BackwardScanTextBuffer
BulletinBoard
ButtonStack
Caption
CheckBox
ControlArea
 CopyBuffer, CopyBuffer
 CopyTextBufferBlock, CopyTextBufferBlock
CoreResourceSet
 EndCurrentTextBufferWord, EndCurrentTextBufferWord
Exclusives
FlatCheckBoxWidget
FlatExclusives
FlatNonexclusives
FooterPanel
Form
 ForwardScanTextBuffer, ForwardScanTextBuffer
 FreeBuffer, FreeBuffer
 FreeTextBuffer, FreeTextBuffer
 GetOlBusyCursor, GetOlBusyCursor
GetOlDuplicateCursor
 GetOlMoveCursor, GetOlMoveCursor
 GetOlPanCursor, GetOlPanCursor
 GetOlQuestionCursor, GetOlQuestionCursor
 GetOlStandardCursor, GetOlStandardCursor
 GetOlTargetCursor, GetOlTargetCursor
 GetTextBufferBlock, GetTextBufferBlock
 GetTextBufferBuffer, GetTextBufferBuffer
 GetTextBufferChar, GetTextBufferChar
 GetTextBufferLine, GetTextBufferLine
 GetTextBufferLocation, GetTextBufferLocation
 GrowBuffer, GrowBuffer
 IncrementTextBufferLocation, IncrementTextBufferLocation
 InsertIntoBuffer, InsertIntoBuffer
 LastTextBufferLocation, LastTextBufferLocation
 LastTextBufferPosition, LastTextBufferPosition
 LineOfPosition, LineOfPosition
 LocationOfPosition, LocationOfPosition
 LookupOlColors, LookupOlColors
 LookupOlInputEvent, LookupOlInputEvent
MenuButton
 NextLocation, NextLocation
 NextTextBufferWord, NextTextBufferWord
Nonexclusives
Notice
OblongButton
 OlCallDynamicCallbacks, OlCallDynamicCallbacks
OlConvertVirtualTranslation
 OlDetermineMouseAction, OlDetermineMouseAction
 OlDragAndDrop, OlDragAndDrop
 OlGet50PercentGrey, OlGet50PercentGrey
 OlGet75PercentGrey, OlGet75PercentGrey
 OlGetApplicationResources, OlGetApplicationResources
 OlGrabDragPointer, OlGrabDragPointer
OlInitialize
 OlRegisterDynamicCallback, OlRegisterDynamicCallback
 OlReplayBtnEvent, OlReplayBtnEvent
 OlTextEditClearBuffer, OlTextEditClearBuffer
 OlTextEditCopySelection, OlTextEditCopySelection
 OlTextEditGetCursorPosition, OlTextEditGetCursorPosition
 OlTextEditGetLastPosition, OlTextEditGetLastPosition
 OlTextEditInsert, OlTextEditInsert
 OlTextEditPaste, OlTextEditPaste
 OlTextEditReadSubString, OlTextEditReadSubString
 OlTextEditRedraw, OlTextEditRedraw
 OlTextEditSetCursorPosition, OlTextEditSetCursorPosition
 OlTextEditTextBuffer, OlTextEditTextBuffer
 OlTextEditUpdate, OlTextEditUpdate
 OlTextFieldCopyString, OlTextFieldCopyString
 OlTextFieldGetString, OlTextFieldGetString
 OlUngrabDragPointer, OlUngrabDragPointer
 OlUnregisterDynamicCallback, OlUnregisterDynamicCallback
PopupWindow
 PositionOfLine, PositionOfLine
 PositionOfLocation, PositionOfLocation
 PreviousLocation, PreviousLocation
 PreviousTextBufferWord, PreviousTextBufferWord
 ReadFileIntoBuffer, ReadFileIntoBuffer
 ReadFileIntoTextBuffer, ReadFileIntoTextBuffer
 ReadStringIntoBuffer, ReadStringIntoBuffer
 ReadStringIntoTextBuffer, ReadStringIntoTextBuffer
RectButton
 RegisterTextBufferScanFunctions, RegisterTextBufferScanFunctions
 RegisterTextBufferUpdate, RegisterTextBufferUpdate
 RegisterTextBufferWordDefinition, RegisterTextBufferWordDefinition
 ReplaceBlockInTextBuffer, ReplaceBlockInTextBuffer
 ReplaceCharInTextBuffer, ReplaceCharInTextBuffer
 SaveTextBuffer, SaveTextBuffer
Scrollbar
ScrolledWindow
ScrollingList
Slider
 StartCurrentTextBufferWord, StartCurrentTextBufferWord
StaticText
Stub
Text
TextField
 UnregisterTextBufferUpdate, UnregisterTextBufferUpdate
XtNwrap
 Buffer Macros, olbuffermacros
olerrorhandling
olflatlayout
olflatwidgets
olinputfocus
olpackedwidgets
olpixelconversion
olshellwidgets
 TextBuffer Macros, oltextbuffermacros
 strclose, strclose
 streexp, streexp
 strexp, strexp
 strgetc, strgetc
 stropen, stropen
 strrexp, strrexp
textselection

3Xt. X Toolkit

Xt Intrinsics Functions, Xt-intrinsics
XtAddCallbacks, XtRemoveCallback, XtRemoveCallbacks, XtRemoveAllCallbacks, XtAddCallbackadd and remove callback procedures
XtAddRawEventHandler, XtRemoveEventHandler XtRemoveRawEventHandler, XtAddEventHandleradd and remove event handlers
XtAddExposureToRegionmerge exposure events into a region
XtRemoveGrab, XtAddGrabredirect user input to a modal widget
XtAppAddActionsregister an action table
XtAppAddConverterregister resource converter
XtRemoveInput, XtAppAddInputregister and remove an input source
XtRemoveTimeOut, XtAppAddTimeOutregister and remove timeouts
XtRemoveWorkProc, XtAppAddWorkProcAdd and remove background processing procedures
XtAppCreateShellcreate top-level widget instance
XtAppSetErrorHandler, XtAppSetWarningHandler, XtAppWarning, XtAppErrorlow-level error handlers
XtAppSetErrorMsgHandler, XtAppSetWarningMsgHandler, XtAppWarningMsg, XtAppErrorMsghigh-level error handlers
XtAppGetErrorDatabaseText, XtAppGetErrorDatabaseobtain error database
XtAppSetSelectionTimeout, XtAppGetSelectionTimeoutset and obtain selection timeout values
XtAppPending, XtAppPeekEvent, XtAppProcessEvent, XtDispatchEvent, XtAppMainLoop, XtAppNextEventquery and process events and input
XtBuildEventMaskretrieve a widget’s event mask
XtCallAcceptFocuscalla widget’s accept_focus procedure
XtHasCallbacks, XtCallCallbacksprocess callbacks
XtSuperClass, XtIsSubclass, XtCheckSubclass, XtIsComposite, XtIsManaged, XtClassobtain and verify a widget’s class
XtMoveWidget, XtResizeWidget, XtConfigureWidgetmove and resize widgets
XtDirectConvert, XtConvertinvoke resource converters
XtDestroyApplicationContext, XtWidgetToApplicationContext, XtToolkitInitialize, XtCreateApplicationContextcreate, destroy, and obtain an application context
XtCreatePopupShell
XtCreateManagedWidget, XtDestroyWidget, XtCreateWidgetcreate and destroy widgets
XtCreateWindowwindow creation convenience function
XtParent, XtScreen, XtWindow, XtDisplayobtain window information about a widget
XtOpenDisplay, XtDatabase, XtCloseDisplay, XtDisplayInitializeinitialize, open, or close a display
XtGetSubresources, XtGetApplicationResourcesobtain subresources or application resources
XtReleaseGC, XtGetGCobtain and destroy a sharable GC
XtGetResourceListobtain resource list
XtGetSelectionValues, XtGetSelectionValueobtain selection values
XtMakeResizeRequest, XtMakeGeometryRequestmake geometry manager request
XtCalloc, XtRealloc, XtFree, XtNew, XtNewString, XtMallocmemory management functions
XtManageChildren, XtUnmanageChildren, XtUnmanageChild, XtManageChildmanage and unmanage children
XtSetMappedWhenManaged, XtUnmapWidget, XtMapWidgetmap and unmap widgets
XtSetArg, XtMergeArgListsset and merge ArgLists
XtWidgetToWindow, XtNameToWidgettranslating strings to widgets or widgets to windows
XtNumber, XtOffsetdetermine the byte offset or number of array elements
XtDisownSelection, XtOwnSelectionset selection owner
XtInstallAccelerators, XtInstallAllAccelerators, XtParseAcceleratorTablemanaging accelerator tables
XtAugmentTranslations, XtOverrideTranslations, XtUninstallTranslations, XtParseTranslationTablemanage translation tables
XtCallbackPopdown, MenuPopdown, XtPopdownunmap a pop-up
XtCallbackNone, XtCallbackNonexclusive, XtCallbackExclusive, MenuPopup, XtPopupmap a pop-up
XtQueryGeometryquery the preferred geometry of a child widget
XtIsRealized, XtUnrealizeWidget, XtRealizeWidgetrealize and unrealize widgets
XtTranslateKeycode, XtRegisterCaseConverter, XtConvertCase, XtSetKeyTranslatorconvert KeySym to KeyCodes
XtSetKeyboardFocusfocus events on a child widget
XtIsSensitive, XtSetSensitiveset and check a widget’s sensitivity state
XtSetSubvalues, XtGetValues, XtGetSubvalues, XtSetValuesobtain and set widget resources
XtStringConversionWarningissue a conversion warning message
XtTranslateCoordinatestranslate widget coordinates
OPEN LOOK Intrinsics widget resources and classes, ol-classes
OPEN LOOK Intrinsics sidgets and functions, ol-widgets

6. Games and Demos

icoanimate an icosahedron
logodisplays the X11 and NeWS logos.   
mazean automated maze program... [ demo ][ X11 ]
muncherdraw interesting patterns in an X window
OpenWindows Demonstrations, openwindemos
othello, othello.nan othello game. 
plaidpaint some plaid-like patterns in an X window
puzzle15-puzzle game for X
wormdraw wiggly worms
xevprint contents of X events
xmacdisplay Apple MacPaint image files under X windows  
xscopeX Window Protocol Viewer
xsolplay solitaire
xtermterminal emulator for X

8. Maintenance Commands

olhelpregistration

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