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Java Desktop System Release 2 Release Notes

Preface

Read these release notes before you install the Sun JavaTM Desktop System Release 2.

Who Should Read These Release Notes

These release notes are for users who perform the following tasks with the Java Desktop System Release 2:

Related Documentation

The following manuals are related to these release notes.

Generic Documentation

Documentation Relevant to the Linux Release

Documentation Relevant to the Solaris Release

Associated Documentation

The following manuals are associated with these release notes:

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Supported Solaris Systems

The SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) supports various architectures, processor families, and systems. Table P–1 describes where you can find information about systems that are supported by the Solaris OS, relevant to this product release.

Table P–1 Supported Solaris Systems

Architecture 

Processor Families 

Solaris Systems 

x86 

  • IA-32

  • AMD64

See the latest Solaris x86 Platform Hardware Compatibility List at the following location: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

 The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

 What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

Do not save the file.

(Emphasis sometimes appears in bold online.) 

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 
 C shell promptmachine_name%
 C shell superuser promptmachine_name#
 Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt$
 Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt#

Mouse Usage Conventions

The following table lists the conventions for mouse usage in documentation for the Java Desktop System.

Action 

Definition  

Click 

Press and release the left mouse button, without moving the mouse.  

Click-and-hold 

Press and do not release the left mouse button. 

Left-click 

Same as click. Left-click clarifies the action when there might be confusion with right-click.

Middle-click 

Press and release the middle mouse button, without moving the mouse.  

Right-click 

Press and release the right mouse button, without moving the mouse.  

Double-click 

Press and release the left mouse button twice in rapid succession without moving the mouse.  

Drag 

Click-and-hold a mouse button, then move an object. For example, you can drag a window or an icon. The left and middle mouse buttons can perform drag actions.  

Drag-and-drop 

Click-and-hold a mouse button, then move an object. For example, you can drag-and-drop a window or an icon. Release the mouse button to place the object in a new location.  

Grab 

Point to an item that you can move, and click-and-hold on the mouse button. For example, you can grab the titlebar of a window, then drag the window to a new location.