3 3-34 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Application Manager 3 Features of the Common Desktop Environment 3-35 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Application Manager The Application Manager window contains six folders. Open the Desktop folders to see icons which can be added to a subpanel. This is achieved by dragging and dropping the desired icon on the Install Icon area of the subpanel. Once the icon has been added to the subpanel, that application can be invoked from the subpanel itself. Icons can also be added to the Front Panel by right clicking in a blank area of the Front Panel and then clicking Add Icon. Note – An application icon can be placed on the workspace display in the same way. The application is then available directly from the workspace. The System_Admin folder contains icons which are useful for system administrators. The OpenWindows folder contains icons which can be used to open OpenWindows programs while working in a CDE environment. 3 3-36 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Exercise: Using the Front Panel Exercise objective – In this lab you will customize the Front Panel using the skills you have learned in this module. Tasks Complete these steps: 1. Switch between each workspace by clicking on the appropriate workspace button. 2. Lock your display so that only you can return to your CDE session. 3. Invoke the Style Manager and undertake each of the following tasks: ▼ Increase the size of your font display ▼ Change the backdrop of your current workspace ▼ Change the backdrop of workspace Three ▼ Turn on the keyboard click capability ▼ Change your Startup controls so that you are not requested to confirm when you log out ▼ Set your Home Session to the current active windows ▼ Set CDE to return to your Home Session 4. Log out from your CDE session, then log back in to see what has changed. 3 Features of the Common Desktop Environment 3-37 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Exercise: Using the Front Panel Tasks 5. Open the Application Manager from the Applications subpanel and add the following two objects to the Applications subpanel. (You will have to find the appropriate icons in the Application Manager’s folders.) Workshop Labs Use what you have learned so far in this course to work through the following: 1. Your desktops can be used to display different projects or programs you work with every day. a. Customize your desktops so that their names reflect projects or programs you work with. b. Make each backdrop different and make any other customizations that you prefer (for instance, whether a window is active when clicked in or when the pointer is in the window, font size, screen locking characteristics). c. Have all minimized icons be displayed in an icon box on the desktop. d. Once you have made your changes, log out in such a way that you will return to your home session and log back in. 2. Add icons for the calculator and a terminal window to a subpanel. Place the icon you would use the most in this subpanel on the Front Panel for easier access. 3. Add the calculator icon to the Front Panel. 3 3-38 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Exercise: Using the Front Panel Exercise Summary Discussion – Take a few minutes to discuss what experiences, issues, or discoveries you had during the lab exercises. ✓ Manage the discussion here based on the time allowed for this module, which was given in the “About This Course” module. If you find you do not have time to spend on discussion, then just highlight the key concepts students should have learned from the lab exercise. ● Experiences ✓ Ask students what their overall experiences with this exercise have been. You might want to go over any trouble spots or especially confusing areas at this time. ● Interpretations ✓ Ask students to interpret what they observed during any aspects of this exercise. ● Conclusions ✓ Have students articulate any conclusions they reached as a result of this exercise experience. ● Applications ✓ Explore with students how they might apply what they learned in this exercise to situations at their workplace. 3 Features of the Common Desktop Environment 3-39 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Check Your Progress Before continuing on to the next module, check that you are able to accomplish or answer the following: ❑ Describe the arrangement of the Front Panel ❑ Add workspaces to the Front Panel ❑ Remove workspaces from the Front Panel ❑ Rename workspaces ❑ Minimize the Front Panel ❑ Open the Front Panel window from the icon ❑ Lock your workstation ❑ Add an application to a Front Panel subpanel ❑ Customize your workspace 3 3-40 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Think Beyond What application would you put on your Front Panel? How would you customize the different workspaces? What are some of the ways you might customize the Front Panel for your work environment? 4-1 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D GettingHelp 4 Objectives Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: ● Describe how to obtain help from the Front Panel ● Describe how to obtain application-specific help ● Invoke the Help Viewer from the Front Panel ● Invoke help from an application window ● Display on-line manual pages, including different sections of the manual ● Search the on-line manual pages by keyword ✓ In order for the man -k command to work, the MANPATH variable must be set to: /usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/openwin/share/man:/usr/dt/man and the catman utility must be run by root. Depending on the processor, running this utility may take up to one hour and should be done before teaching this section. 4 4-2 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Relevance ✓ Present the following question to stimulate the students and get them thinking about the issues and topics presented in this module. While they are not expected to know the answer to the question, the answer should be of interest to them and inspire them to learn the content presented in this module. Discussion – How do you typically get information about how to complete computer tasks? What types of information do you usually need? 4 Getting Help 4-3 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Front Panel Help The Help Manager icon is situated at the right side of the Front Panel. Clicking on the icon with the left mouse button will open up a Help Viewer window. [...]... /home/user2/dir1/coffees root directory Delimiters Figure 5-2 5-4 Pathname With Delimiters Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D 5 Notes  The concept of pathnames is critical to the student s understanding of how to access files in the file structure Pathnames identify every file in the file structure  Briefly describe the Solaris. .. sections of the manual u 4-22 Describe how to obtain help from the Front Panel Search the on-line manual pages by keyword Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D 4 Think Beyond Which type of help would you be most likely to use? Would this change depend on what you needed help on? Getting Help 4- 23 Copyright 1999 Sun. .. exercise experience q  Interpretations Ask students to interpret what they observed during any aspects of this exercise q  Experiences Applications Explore with students how they might apply what they learned in this exercise to situations at their workplace Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D 4 Exercise: Getting... relative pathname of the directory that becomes the new working directory The interpretation of a relative pathname by cd depends on the CDPATH environment variable SEE ALSO csh(1), ksh(1), pwd(1), sh(1), chdir(2), attributes(5), environ(5) SunOS 5 .7 4-14 Last change: 28 Mar 1995 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D... content presented in this module Discussion – How does the Solaris system know how to find files and directories? Additional Resources Additional resources – The following reference can provide additional details on the topics discussed in this module: q 5-2 Solaris User’s Guide, Part Number 802-6499 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services... Structure Figure 5-1 shows a typical Solaris system file structure; you will refer to this again later in this course / home user2 dir1 dir3 file1 practice dante_1 dir2 beans fruit planets fruit2 fruit file2 flowers recipes trees beans file3 dir4 dante coffees file4 notes nuts mars Figure 5-1 pluto Solaris File System Structure Accessing Files and Directories 5 -3 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights... clear the terminal screen (use the keyword “clear”) 7 Display the Help subpanel and determine whether AnswerBook2 has been made available on your system 8 If you do have AnswerBook2, invoke it from the subpanel and look through the Solaris CDE User’s Guide 9 When you are finished, close the AnswerBook2 window 4-18 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise... Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D 4 Searching the Help Index The Index Search enables you to see all volumes of help These volumes are displayed as hyperlinks, which can be used to reference any help page You can also search for specific help items based on a keyword search 4-6 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems,... 4 passwd will display information on the /etc/passwd file and $ man -s 3C crypt will display information on password encryption 4-16 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc All Rights Reserved Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D 4 Displaying Man Pages Searching Man Pages by Keyword If you are not sure of the command name, use the -k option to specify a keyword as a subject... to view an on-line representation of the printed manuals As with the Help Viewer, there are hyperlinks that can be used to skip to the relevant pages of the online manual By default AnswerBook2 uses the HotJava™ browser to display information You can perform searches of parts of the AnswerBook or of the entire collection installed on your system Due to the amount of disk space which is taken up by . 3 3 -34 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999, Revision D Application Manager 3 Features of the Common. this subpanel on the Front Panel for easier access. 3. Add the calculator icon to the Front Panel. 3 3 -38 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise. be used to open OpenWindows programs while working in a CDE environment. 3 3 -36 Fundamentals of Solaris 7 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services August 1999,