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The X-based user interface

For those familiar with the X Window System or some variant thereof, the X interface used in xlincks should be relatively simple to understand. There are two ways to interface with the xlincks functionality: (1) through buttons on the Command Menu and in each object window, and (2) using keyboard commands, which often begin with meta-l.

On all of the buttons, clicking on the button with the left mouse button will initiate the operation. Clicking with the right button will pop up a help menu about that button. Clicking with the middle button does nothing.

There are two sets of buttons you will use. The first are the buttons in Command Menu (see chapter 8). These buttons operate on a single item (i.e. `Item History'), on all windows (such as `Store All'), on neither items or windows (i.e. `User Root ...'), or they create a menu to be used further (i.e. `Cut & Paste'). The other buttons are those in the individual windows. These buttons operate on the composite object displayed in the window.



Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995