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Windows Managers
Utilities
Windows Managers
metacityDescription: Window manager supplied with Gnome user interface, the standard window manager on debathena TO RUN: (if previously deselected, select Athena Default Session from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen) See also: twm, Window maker, XMonad |
mwmDescription: Motif Window Manager, incorporation the Motif look-and-feel TO RUN: Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding. (select Motif Window Manager from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen) See also: metacity, twm, Window maker, XMonad |
twmDescription: Tab Window Manager (formerly Tom's Window Manager). It provides titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus, and user-specified key and pointer button bindings TO RUN: Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding. (select TWM from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen) See also: metacity, mwm, Window maker, XMonad |
Window makerDescription: Window manager designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment; tries to be compatible with the NeXTStep interface TO RUN: Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding See website (select Window maker from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen) |
Description: dynamically tiling window manager written and configured in Haskell TO RUN: Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding See website (select XMonad from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen) See also: metacity, mwm, twm, Window maker |
Utilities
EtermDescription: customizable color vt102 terminal emulator TO RUN: athena% Eterm & See also: gnome-terminal, rxvt, screen, xterm |
gnome-calculatorDescription: desktop calculator TO RUN: athena% gnome-calculator & |
gnome-control-centerDescription: allows user to set various desktop preferences TO RUN: athena% gnome-control-center & See also: nautilus |
gnome-terminalDescription: creates an enhanced terminal window with pull-down menus contaning commands that affect a variety of window attributes TO RUN: Right-click on root background window and select Open in Terminal, or type: athena% gnome-terminal & |
icalDescription: X based calendar program TO RUN: athena% add tcl athena% ical & |
lessDescription: bidirectional text file pager- allows scrolling forward and backward through a text file, with search capability TO RUN: athena% less textfile See also: more |
moreDescription: text file pager- allows scrolling forward through a text files, with search capability. Often used in conjunction with other applications that output text TO RUN: athena% more textfile See also: less |
nautilusDescription: file manager incorporating multimedia and application autolaunch capabilities TO RUN: athena% nautilus See also: gnome-control-center |
pscalDescription: calendar program that prints hardcopy calendars by month, suitable for annotating daily activities TO RUN: athena% add -f postscript athena% pscal month year (example: pscal 5 2000) Note: The PRINTER environment variable must be defined when you use this application, or else you will need to use the -Pprintername command-line switch |
remminaDescription: GNOME remote desktop client supporting a variety of protocols TO RUN: athena% remmina & Note: If using VNC, remote host needs to be running VNC server for connection to work. If authentication is required, you may need to know a username or password to be granted access. If a firewall is set on either end, you may need to open the VNC port (5900) to enable the connection |
rxvtDescription: "slimmed down" terminal emulator, having fewer features and using less swap space than xterm. Consequently it can run faster and uses fewer system resources TO RUN: athena% rxvt & See also: Eterm, gnome-terminal, xterm |
screenDescription: full-screen text-based window manager and terminal emulator that multiplexes a physical terminal between multiple processes (typically interactive shells) TO RUN: athena% screen options See also: gnome-terminal, xterm Note: To use screen effectively, you need to learn various keystroke commands that do things like putting it in the background and attaching to running processes. See the screen man page or other documentation for details |
vinagreDescription: remote desktop access application TO RUN: athena% vinagre & Note: This application is no longer installed. You can install it temporarily (on a debathena-cluster machine) or permanently (on a debathena-workstation or non-Athena Ubuntu machine) but not on the Athena dialups by doing the following: sudo to root and install from the vinagre Ubuntu package using aptitude or synaptic. Remote host needs to be running VNC server for connection to work. If authentication is required, you may need to know a username or password to be granted access. If a firewall is set on either end, you may need to open the VNC port (5900) to enable the connection |
xcalDescription: interactive calendar program (this is not the standard Athena calendar program; see xtc for that) TO RUN: athena% xcal & |
xcalcDescription: calculator that can emulate a TI-30 or HP-10C TO RUN: athena% xcalc [-rpn] & (-rpn for HP-style calculator) See also: dc, gnome-calculator, nickle |
xclockDescription: clock that can display in analog or digital form TO RUN: athena% xclock & |
xfontselDescription: displays information and samples of fonts available on the system TO RUN: athena% xfontsel & See also: gnome-control-center |
xloadDescription: displays a periodically updated graph of workstation load average TO RUN: athena% xload & |
xlockDescription: locks display and starts screensaver; hit a key and enter your passwork to unlock it TO RUN: athena% xlock |
xtcDescription: Athena calendar- allows graphic display of time blocks, and overlap with calendars of selected other users on the network to find available meeting times TO RUN: athena% add calendar athena% xtc & |
xtermDescription: creates a new, empty terminal window on your screen TO RUN: athena% xterm & See also: Eterm, gnome-terminal, rxvt, screen |