1 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Chapter 6 Graphical User Interfaces GUI’s

2 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. 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 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics (cont.) Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. X applications

4 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The command line interface Text based Cryptic Hard to learn

5 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. What is Gooey G um I ce Cream U cky Stuff

6 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. What is a GUI A Graphical User Interface  Visual  Object based  Intuitive

7 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Components of a GUI Windows Controls  Title Bars  Buttons  Sliders  Scroll Bars  Icons  Menus  Dialog Boxes

8 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Title Bars

9 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Menus

10 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Buttons

11 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Scroll Bars

12 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Tool Bars

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16 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Components of a GUI (cont.) Screen Layout  Raising and lowering windows  Tiling windows Window Manager  defines the appearance and interface  Provides some session-management

17 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Components of a GUI (cont.) Desktop Manager  Manages file like functions on icons: Open, Close, Copy, Move, Size  Designed to address novice users by eliminating command line interface

18 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Components of a GUI (cont.) Workspace Manager  Simulates multiple windowing sessions  Allows organization of multiple related windows into virtual desktops

19 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics What is a GUI The X Window System Using the fvwm Window Manager Using the MOTIF Window Manager Customizing Your X Work Environment

20 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. 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

21 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The X Window System Remote computing and local displays  Allows execution on one computer and view the output from another  X-term

22 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The X Window System X Window System Managers

23 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Linux and the X Window System Virtual Consoles The X Server  Starting  Stopping  Features  Display Resolution  Virtual Display

24 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Linux and the X Window System The Andrew User Interface System

25 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics What is a GUI The X Window System Using the fvwm Window Manager Using the MOTIF Window Manager Customizing Your X Work Environment

26 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The fvwm Window Manager Selecting the Active Window  The fvwm Title Bar  The Window Ops Menu

27 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The fvwm Window Manager Opening a Windows Closing a Windows Moving a Windows Raising and Lowering Windows Sizing Windows Breaking Windows

28 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The fvwm Window Manager Copy and Paste Using Icons

29 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics What is a GUI The X Window System Using the fvwm Window Manager Using the MOTIF Window Manager Customizing Your X Work Environment

30 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The MOTIF window manager Copy and paste Scrolling text The standard motif scroll bar The Athena scroll bar

31 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics What is a GUI The X Window System Using the fvwm Window Manager Using the MOTIF Window Manager Customizing Your X Work Environment

32 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Customizing your X work environment Re-mapping Mouse Buttons Customizing X Applications The.xinitrc File Setting X Resources

33 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. X Applications

34 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Customizing the fvwm window mgr. The.fvmrc file Setting the major operating modes Setting the virtual desktop configuration Good stuff

35 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Customizing the fvwm window mgr. Application-specific Customizations Building menus for fvwm

36 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. X Applications

37 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. The.mwmrc file

38 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. Topics Customizing the fvwm Window Mgr. Customizing the MOTIF Window Mgr. X Applications

39 © 2001 John Urrutia. All rights reserved. The X Applications