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Chapter 6

Chapter 6. Graphical User Interfaces. GUI’s. Topics. What is a GUI The X Window System Using the fvwm Window Manager Using the MOTIF Window Manager Customizing Your X Work Environment. Topics (cont.). Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr.

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Chapter 6

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  1. Chapter 6 Graphical User Interfaces GUI’s

  2. Topics • What is a GUI • The X Window System • Using the fvwm Window Manager • Using the MOTIF Window Manager • Customizing Your X Work Environment

  3. Topics (cont.) • Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. • Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. • X applications

  4. The command line interface • Text based • Cryptic • Hard to learn

  5. What is Gooey • G um • I ce Cream • U cky Stuff

  6. What is a GUI • A Graphical User Interface • Visual • Object based • Intuitive

  7. Components of a GUI • Windows • Controls • Title Bars • Buttons • Sliders • Scroll Bars • Icons • Menus • Dialog Boxes

  8. Title Bars

  9. Menus

  10. Buttons

  11. Scroll Bars

  12. Tool Bars

  13. Components of a GUI (cont.) • Screen Layout • Raising and lowering windows • Tiling windows • Window Manager • defines the appearance and interface • Provides some session-management

  14. Components of a GUI (cont.) • Desktop Manager • Manages file like functions on icons:Open, Close, Copy, Move, Size • Designed to address novice usersby eliminating command line interface

  15. Components of a GUI (cont.) • Workspace Manager • Simulates multiple windowing sessions • Allows organization of multiple related windows into virtual desktops

  16. Topics • What is a GUI • The X Window System • Using the fvwm Window Manager • Using the MOTIF Window Manager • Customizing Your X Work Environment

  17. The X Window System • Developed 1984 by MIT • First widely available windowing system • X-consortium (1988) • Releases Version 11 Release 6.1 • Constructed of widget-sets • Interface components/controls

  18. The X Window System • Remote computing and local displays • Allows execution on one computer and view the output from another • X-term

  19. The X Window System • X Window System Managers

  20. Linux and the X Window System • Virtual Consoles • The X Server • Starting • Stopping • Features • Display Resolution • Virtual Display

  21. Linux and the X Window System • The Andrew User Interface System

  22. Topics • What is a GUI • The X Window System • Using the fvwm Window Manager • Using the MOTIF Window Manager • Customizing Your X Work Environment

  23. The fvwm Window Manager • Selecting the Active Window • The fvwm Title Bar • The Window Ops Menu

  24. The fvwm Window Manager • Opening a Windows • Closing a Windows • Moving a Windows • Raising and Lowering Windows • Sizing Windows • Breaking Windows

  25. The fvwm Window Manager • Copy and Paste • Using Icons

  26. Topics • What is a GUI • The X Window System • Using the fvwm Window Manager • Using the MOTIF Window Manager • Customizing Your X Work Environment

  27. The MOTIF window manager • Copy and paste • Scrolling text • The standard motif scroll bar • The Athena scroll bar

  28. Topics • What is a GUI • The X Window System • Using the fvwm Window Manager • Using the MOTIF Window Manager • Customizing Your X Work Environment

  29. Customizing your X work environment • Re-mapping Mouse Buttons • Customizing X Applications • The .xinitrc File • Setting X Resources

  30. Topics • Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. • Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. • X Applications

  31. Customizing the fvwm window mgr. • The .fvmrc file • Setting the major operating modes • Setting the virtual desktop configuration • Good stuff

  32. Customizing the fvwm window mgr. • Application-specific Customizations • Building menus for fvwm

  33. Topics • Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. • Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. • X Applications

  34. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. • The .mwmrc file

  35. Topics • Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. • Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. • X Applications

  36. The X Applications

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