topic Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User in Operating System - OpenVMS

DEC-Windows Setting for User

Vallentin, Manfred — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:37:56 GMT

Hello,
has anybody an Idea that i can set permanetly the X-Terminal Modus to the old Standard (DECWindows) explicit for specified User?
Not generell !!!
Normally i must switch over the Login Mask th the old Style.

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Joseph Huber_1 — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:20:04 GMT

In SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECW$PRIVATE_APPS_SETUP.COM
make a definition like that:
$ DECW$START_NEW_DESKTOP=="FALSE"

or the same symbol definition in DECW$DEFAULT_DESKTOP.COM

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Joseph Huber_1 — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:22:02 GMT

And to enable the definition on a specific node only, put it in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR] instead of SYS$COMMON.

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Vallentin, Manfred — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:31:00 GMT

Hello Joseph,

Thank you for your Hints, but this i dont want to change.
I will change this for explicit User that i must not switch at the login screen.

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Jan van den Ende — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:48:37 GMT

Manfred,

DECW$USER_DEFAULTS (by default pointing to SYS$LOGIN) is the directory where you put such files if they should only affect (a) specific user(s).

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Joseph Huber_1 — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:18:59 GMT

I doubt it is possible to set per user.
Where should it be set ? In decw$login.com it is too late. It must be something known to login window, i.e. system-wide.

Re: DEC-Windows Setting for User

Rick Retterer — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:58:03 GMT

Manfred,
There currently is not a way to set the Decwindows "style" on a per-user basis.

You either have to set it to "Traditional Decwindows Motif" using the "Decw$start_new_desktop =="false" in DECW$PRIVATE_APPS_SETUP.COM file
or
each user will need to select the "Decwindows Motif" interface by 'clicking' on the "Options->Session->Decwindows" buttons at the Login Box before logging into the system.

Cheers,
Rick Retterer