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The Desktop Environment programmers Configuration Files The system.mwmrc file containing configuration information for the workspace menu and key and button bindings Motif provides the window manager for the end user, the widget toolkit for application developers, and the style guide to help developers design and build proper Motif-compliant applications. Similarly with X, system administrators can focus on developing the appropriate CDE configuration files and view Motif as mostly "programmers' stuff." CDE CDE consists of the following: Workspace Manager Executable program that provides Motif-based window frames, window management, a workspace menu, and the front panel File Manager Program that iconically manages files and directories through direct manipulation Style Manager Container of dialog boxes that control elements of the CDE environment, like workspace color and fonts Help Manager Based on the HP Help System, this program provides context-sensitive help text on CDE components Login Manager Daemon-like application that handles login and password verification Session Manager Manager that handles saving and restoring user sessions Application Manager Manager that registers and keeps track of applications in the CDE environment Configuration Files A large set of files that, for the most part, you can avoid; more details on HPUX later CDE provides a number of basic, end-user productivity enhancing applications, including a clock, a calender, a datebook, and a MIME-compliant mailer for sending multimedia electronic mail messages. The IRIX Desktop Environment The IRIX desktop environment is not based upon CDE. A version of CDE is available for IRIX, but it is not supplied as part of the core OS. The desktop environment on IRIX is a Motif-based environment that is unique to IRIX. The environment has a very MS Windows-like look and feel. The SGI manual Desktop User's Guide, gives a very thorough introduction to the functionality of the IRIX desktop; we will not attempt to provide an overview here since the manual is available freely online at the SGI website, http://www.sgi.com. X Windows on IRIX The IRIX X windows implementation is based upon the X Consortium's X11 Revision 6, with additional SGI-specific changes. For additional information regarding X windows on IRIX, we suggest that you refer to the IRIX documentation regarding X11. 112

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The Desktop Environment
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programmers
Configuration Files
The
system.mwmrc
file containing configuration information for the
workspace menu and key and button bindings
Motif provides the window manager for the end user, the widget toolkit for application developers, and the
style guide to help developers design and build proper Motif-compliant applications. Similarly with X,
system administrators can focus on developing the appropriate CDE configuration files and view Motif as
mostly ²programmers± stuff.³
CDE
CDE consists of the following:
Workspace Manager
Executable program that provides Motif-based window frames, window
management, a workspace menu, and the front panel
File Manager
Program that iconically manages files and directories through direct
manipulation
Style Manager
Container of dialog boxes that control elements of the CDE environment, like
workspace color and fonts
Help Manager
Based on the HP Help System, this program provides context-sensitive help
text on CDE components
Login Manager
Daemon-like application that handles login and password verification
Session Manager
Manager that handles saving and restoring user sessions
Application Manager
Manager that registers and keeps track of applications in the CDE
environment
Configuration Files
A large set of files that, for the most part, you can avoid; more details on HP-
UX later
CDE provides a number of basic, end-user productivity enhancing applications, including a clock, a
calender, a datebook, and a MIME-compliant mailer for sending multimedia electronic mail messages.
The IRIX Desktop Environment
The IRIX desktop environment is not based upon CDE. A version of CDE is available for IRIX, but it is
not supplied as part of the core OS. The desktop environment on IRIX is a Motif-based environment that is
unique to IRIX. The environment has a very
MS Windows-like look and feel. The SGI manual
Desktop
User’s Guide
, gives a very thorough introduction to the functionality of the IRIX desktop; we will not
attempt to provide an overview here since the manual is available freely
online at the SGI website,
X Windows on IRIX
The IRIX X windows implementation is based upon the X Consortium±s X11 Revision 6, with additional
SGI-specific changes. For additional information regarding X windows on IRIX, we suggest that you refer
to the IRIX documentation regarding X11.