Using Sun WorkShop

ESERVE Resources

The following tables lists the ESERVE resources that you can change.

Emacs Editor Default Path Names

The resources listed in Table A-18 are used by the edit server to invoke the GNU Emacs and XEmacs text editors. If a fully qualified path is specified, it is executed.

Table A-18 Default Paths for Emacs Editors

Resource Name 

Default Value 

ESERVE*defaultGnuEmacsPath: 

emacs 

ESERVE*defaultXEmacsPath: 

xemacs 

The values for these resources can either be fully qualified paths or the base name of the command (for instance, myfavoriteemacs).

If a basename is used then it is invoked from the PATH environment variable.

Blinking Pointer

Table A-19 lists the resource to change the pointer in text editor windows to a non-blinking pointer. Default setting is for a blinking pointer. Set to 0 for a non-blinkng pointer.

Table A-19 Blinking Pointer Resource

Resource Name 

Default Value 

ESERVE*DtTerm.blinkRate: 

250 

Fonts for Motif Environments

Table A-20 lists font resources for the text editor windows that are specific to Motif environments only and are not used by CDE.

Table A-20 Fonts for Motif (non-CDE) windowing systems

Resource Name 

Default Value 

ESERVE.labelFontList: 

-*-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 

ESERVE.buttonFontList: 

-*-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 

ESERVE.textFontList: 

-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 

ESERVE*dtTerm*userFont: 

-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 

Text Editor Window Colors

Table A-21 lists the resource for foreground and background colors in the text editor windows.

Table A-21 Colors for Sun WorkShop Windows, Dialog Boxes, Menus, and Buttons

Resource Name 

Description 

Default Value 

ESERVE*foreground 

Foregroundcolor of windows (text such as labels) 

black 

ESERVE*background: 

Background color of windows 

#dededededede 

ESERVE*XmPushButton*background: 

Background color of buttons 

#dededededede 

ESERVE*XmMenuShell*background: 

Background color of manus 

#dededededede 

Scrolling List Background Color

Table A-22 lists the resource for the background color for scrolling lists available from a text editor.

Table A-22 Read-only Text Areas (lists)

Resource Name 

Description 

Default Value 

ESERVE*XmList*background: 

Background color of scrolling lists 

#dededededede 

Writable Text Area Background Color

Table A-23 lists colors for areas in the text editor windows containing text, other than menus and buttons (not applicable to Emacs and XEmacs).

Table A-23 Writable Text Areas

Resource Name 

Default Value 

ESERVE*XmTextField*background: 

white 

ESERVE*XmText*background: 

white 

ESERVE*dtTerm*background: 

white 

ESERVE*readwriteBackground: 

white 

Audible Warnings

The resource listed in Table A-24 enables you to turn off audible warning beeps. The possible values are -XmBell and -XmNONE.

Table A-24 Resource for Audible Warnings
 Resource Name Description Default Value
 ESERVE*audibleWarning: Turns audible beeps on and off XmBell

Browser Used to Display Web Updates

The resource listed in Table A-25 enables you to change the default path for the browser used to display the Sun WorkShop Web Updates page (see "Web Updates").

Table A-25 WebUpdates Browser
 Resource Description Default Value
 ESERVE.browser Path to browser used to display Web Updates sdtwebclient