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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

254.0. "Command line switchs for XtInitialize" by OIWS20::BRYSON () Mon Feb 20 1989 13:21

    I have been able use use -display on the command line when executing
    DECwindows applications on VMS (this might help some of you worried
    about creating so many WSA devices); however, I have been unable to
    get other qualifiers to work as they do under Ultrix. I assume that
    once again this is unsupported, but customers (and I) want to know
    what parameters I may pass. I know that VMS will not support -xrm,
    but what about the others.  If someone with VMS DECwindows sources
    would look in XtInitialize.c and give use the options list it would
    be appreciated.
    
    This list under Ultrix is as follows:
    
	"+rv",		"*reverseVideo"
	"+synchronous","*synchronous"
	"-background",	"*background"
	"-bd",		"*borderColor"
	"-bg",		"*background"
	"-bordercolor","*borderColor"
	"-borderwidth",".borderWidth"
	"-bw",		".borderWidth"
	"-display",	".display"
	"-fg",		"*foreground"
	"-fn",		"*font"
	"-font",	"*font"
	"-foreground",	"*foreground"
	"-geometry",	".geometry"
	"-iconic",	".iconic"
	"-name",	".name"
	"-reverse",	"*reverseVideo"
	"-rv",		"*reverseVideo"
	"-selectionTimeout", ".selectionTimeout"
	"-synchronous","*synchronous"
	"-title",	".title"
	"-xrm"
    
    For those of you that have not used these qualifiers, here is an
    example:
    
    		$ mcr decw$clock -display OIWS20::0
    
    I have not been able to get it to work with RUN because I believe
    that RUN will not pass the command line to the application (argv).
    

    I'm almost sure that this is unsupported but any information would
    be helpful.
    
    
    David
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254.1Commented-out on VMSDECWIN::KLEINMon Feb 20 1989 14:3912
Unfortunately, the code that parses these switches was commented-out
of the VMS variant of INITIALIZE.C.  (Correct me if I'm wrong.)  There
was evidently a problem with the parsing of display names vs. file
names (both of which can contain colons).  I believe that this
code was removed (for VMS only) after a problem was found in DECwindows FT2.

Lobby the toolkit group if you want to see the switches reinstated.
Obviously, a way must be found to differentiate display names and
file names on the command line, but I'm sure it can be done.

-steve-
254.2-display still works with SDCOIWS20::BRYSONWed Feb 22 1989 13:4344
    
    -display still works with SDC.  In fact, the issues about not being
    able to get a detached process to get the display device easily and
    the concern of having so many WSA devices created can be elliminate
    with the following:
    
    CLOCK.COM
    
    $ MCR DECW$CLOCK -display 0::0           ! Local transport
            
           or
    
    $ MCR DECW$CLOCK -display NODE::0        ! DECnet transport
    
    The RUN/DETACH command
    
    $ RUN/DETACH/PROC="Clock"/OUTPUT=NL:/INPUT=CLOCK.COM   -
    	SYS$SYSTEM:LOGINOUT
    
    
    Now, obviously the above example is limited but you could play with it
    to make it more generic so that you may specify the node to connect
    to.  HOWEVER, THIS WILL ONLY WORK WITH TOOLKIT PROGRAMS, because it
    is XtInitialize that is taking care of this for you.  In the above
    case, I did not create a WSA device with SET DISPLAY/CREAT nor was
    the logical DECW$DISPLAY defined.
    
    Of the list that I mentioned in .0, the only two command line switches
    that XtInitialize appears to handle is -display and -name.  However,
    I could not get -name command to work.  As I understand it, the -name
    switch will set the application name for resource lookup in
    DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT.
    
    Are these switches planned for extinction with VMS in the next version?
    If not, why not document the -display switch for toolkit applications
    so that you may use it on VMS.  Finally, are there any switches that
    were ADDED for VMS specifically (doubtful since this switching 
    mechanism is not supported)?
    
    Thanks,
    
    David
254.3Are you sure about 0::0?IAGO::SCHOELLERWho's on first?Wed Feb 22 1989 14:247
>$ MCR DECW$CLOCK -display 0::0           ! Local transport

Does this use local transport or decnet?  When decw$display is defined to 0::0
it uses decnet to talk locally.

Dick
254.4Not really...OIWS20::BRYSONWed Feb 22 1989 14:4810
    No. I'm not sure.  
    
    If defining decw$display to 0::0 uses DECnet then so would this syntax.
    
    
    Sorry about that.
    
    David