4 Known Problems and Workarounds
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1. Introduction
The Desktop Tools image includes various desktop tools.
Note: Packaged with your software is a separate sheet that
contains the Software License Agreement. This
software is provided to you solely under the terms
and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.
The desktop tools include the following components:
jot Jot is a display-oriented cut-and-paste style ASCII
text editor tuned to run on Silicon Graphics
machines. Jot is written using pure Graphics Library
code, and hence will not work on a generic X
terminal, and it ignores the X resources. Jot (which
was originally called "zip"), is tuned to run well on
large files, and can edit arbitrary binary files.
mailbox To notify you of incoming mail.
notepad Write down notes.
iconsmith For building Workspace icons.
twilight Makes a twilight background on the screen.
tape_backup A backup tool.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Installation Information
3. Changes and Additions
4. Bug Fixes
5. Known Problems and Workarounds
6. Documentation Errors
1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for
desktop_tools:
Software Product Desktop Tools
5.2
Product Code
System Software Requirements IRIX 5.2
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1.2 Online_Release_Notes
Version
After you install the online release notes for a product
(the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen.
Note: You can read the online release notes for most
products before installing the software. Refer to
the booklet in your CD-ROM case for more information.
If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from
the Tools submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the
grelnotes(1) graphical browser for the online release notes.
Refer to the grelnotes(1) man page for information on
options to this command.
If you do not have a graphics system, you can use the
relnotes command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page for
accessing the online release notes.
1.3 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in the U.S. or Canada and would like support for
your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the
Technical Assistance Center at (800)800-4SGI. If you are
outside these areas, contact the Silicon Graphics subsidiary
or authorized distributor in your country.
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2. Installation_Information
This chapter lists supplemental information to the IRIS
Software Installation Guide. The information listed here is
product- and release-specific; use it with the Installation
Guide to install this product.
2.1 desktop_tools_Subsystems
desktop_tools includes these subsystems:
desktop_tools.books.Utilities Insight documentation on these
and other desktop tools.
desktop_tools.man.tools Manual pages for tools in this
image.
desktop_tools.man.relnotes These release notes.
desktop_tools.sw.tape_backup The tape backup tool.
desktop_tools.sw.tools All other tools specified in
the introduction.
2.2 desktop_tools_Subsystem_Disk_Space_Requirements
This section lists the subsystems (and their sizes) of
desktop_tools.
If you are installing this product for the first time, the
subsystems marked ``default'' are the ones that are
installed if you use the ``go'' menu item. To install a
different set of subsystems, use the ``install,''
``remove,'' ``keep,'' and ``step'' commands in inst to
customize the list of subsystems to be installed, then
select the ``go'' menu item.
Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to
the IRIS Software Installation Guide for information
on finding exact sizes.
Subsystem Name Subsystem Size
(512-byte blocks)
desktop_tools.books.Utilities (default) 840
desktop_tools.man.relnotes (default) 10
desktop_tools.man.tools (default) 76
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desktop_tools.sw.tape_backup (default) 938
desktop_tools.sw.tools (default) 5942
2.3 Installation_Method
All of the subsystems for desktop_tools can be installed
using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to
the IRIS Software Installation Guide for complete
installation instructions.
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3. Changes_and_Additions
3.1 Jot
Jot is now a modified version of zip, so there are many
changes between this version and the last. Some of the new
features are listed below:
o Can edit binary files.
o Can edit large files.
o Word-wrap and non-word-wrap modes.
o Electric-C mode for editing C and C++ files.
o More extensive searching.
o Infinite Undo and Redo.
o Macros.
o Filters.
o Marks.
o A reopen list of recently edited files.
o Ctags support.
o Split windows support.
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4. Known_Problems_and_Workarounds
o In Jot, line numbers only work correctly for files with
fewer than 100000 lines.
o When you run "jot -M" over a network on a remote file,
sometimes jot just dies and goes away with no warning.
o twilight will not run under the Indigo Magic Desktop if
icons are on the background.
o In iconsmith, if you select an endpoint and move it,
and then press control to add a new endpoint, you often
get a point that is not an endpoint, but is somewhere
in the middle.
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5. Documentation_Errors
o There are no known documentation errors at this time.