| 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 |
I have a system where I don't want DECwindows, and I want to use
DECW$TAILOR to remove everything that is not needed, after removing
everything I am left with 2 directories with files I really don't think
I need.
SYS$SYSROOT:[SYS$KEYMAP.DECW.SYSTEM] => 45 files 270 blocks
SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSFONT.PS_FONT_METRICS.SYSTEM] => 57 files 1869 blocks
Does VMS really need them? Why did DECW$TAILOR not remove them?
FJBlando
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2563.1 | STAR::ORGOVAN | Vince Orgovan | Wed Jun 06 1990 19:50 | 16 | |
"VMS" doesn't need the files in [sys$keymap.decw.system] or
the ones in [sysfont.ps_font_metrics.system].
The keymap files are part of all VMS systems because they are
needed by both the workstation device support and the application
tailoring classes. By keeping them common, we prevent the files
from being tailored off with one class when they are still needed
by the other class.
The font metrics are used by some layered products to compute
printer page layouts that can match exactly with the onscreen
display fonts that DECwindows provides. Theoretically, these
products could be used on systems that don't run DECwindows.
Unfortunately, I don't have all the background for why these
files are in the untailorable part of DECwindows.
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