Manual page for DEFAULTSEDIT(1)
defaultsedit, defaults_from_input, defaults_to_indentpro, defaults_to_mailrc, indentpro_to_defaults, input_from_defaults, lockscreen_default, mailrc_to_defaults, scrolldefaults, stty_from_defaults - create or edit default settings for SunView utilities
SYNOPSIS
defaultsedit
[
generic-tool-arguments
]
defaults_from_input
defaults_to_indentpro
defaults_to_mailrc
indentpro_to_defaults
input_from_defaults
lockscreen_default
mailrc_to_defaults
scrolldefaults
stty_from_defaults
AVAILABILITY
These commands are available with the
[a manual with the abbreviation SVBG]
software installation option. Refer to
[a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL]
for information on how to install optional software.
DESCRIPTION
defaultsedit
is a SunView application that
provides a convenient means for
inspecting and setting default
parameters. It can be viewed as an alternative to
the traditional
UNIX
operating system
.*rc
files that contain initialization options for various commands.
Currently, you can use
defaultsedit
to manipulate options to the programs
indent.1
mail.1
and
mailtool.1
stty.1v
and
defaultsedit,
as well as the
menu,
scrollbar,
text subwindow
and
tty subwindow
packages, and the
SunView
environment itself.
The remaining commands are used by
defaultsedit
to perform conversions and other functions; they can also be
invoked directly from the shell:
-
- defaults_from_input
-
update window-system I/O defaults from current system values
- defaults_to_indentpro
-
update
indent.1
defaults in the database from the
.indent.pro
file
- defaults_to_mailrc
-
update the
.mailrc
file from the defaults database
- indentpro_to_defaults
-
update
indent
defaults from the
.indent.pro
file
- input_from_defaults
-
update current system values for window-system I/O from
defaults database
- lockscreen_default
-
apply current default for
lockscreen.1
display program
- mailrc_to_defaults
-
update
mail.1
and/or
mailtool.1
defaults from the
.mailrc
file
- scrolldefaults
-
a SunView application that lets you try out different
settings from the
Scrollbar
category interactively
- stty_from_defaults
-
set terminal (TTY) options from defaults database
Any program or package
that a user can customize by setting or
changing a parameter could be
written so as to get its initialization options
from the defaults database.
For further information, see
[a manual with the abbreviation SVSPG].
OPTIONS
defaultsedit
accepts all of the generic tool arguments discussed in
sunview.1
USAGE
This only applies to
defaultsedit.
Subwindows
defaultsedit
consists of four subwindows.
From top to bottom they are:
- control
-
Contains the name of the category currently
displayed, and buttons labeled
SAVE,
QUIT,
RESET,
and
EDIT
ITEM.
To change the category,
click the
LEFT
mouse button on the word
CATEGORY,
or use the menu that pops up when you click the
RIGHT
mouse button.
- message
-
A small text subwindow where messages from
defaultsedit
are displayed.
- parameters
-
Shows all current default parameter
names with corresponding values. Clicking the
LEFT
mouse button over a parameter
displays a help string
in the message subwindow.
- edit
-
A small text subwindow which enables text editing
of parameter values.
This is useful for very long text values,
such as a long mailing list.
Control Panel
- SAVE
-
Save the current values that differ from the standard defaults
in your private database -- that is, the
.defaults
file in your home directory.
- QUIT
-
Exit without saving any changes.
- RESET
-
Reset the default parameters of the current category to
the values in your private database.
This is useful if you
change some values, then change your mind and want to
restore the original values.
- EDIT ITEM
-
Clicking the
RIGHT
mouse button over the
EDIT
ITEM
button brings up a menu with three choices:
COPY
ITEM,
DELETE
ITEM
and
EDIT
LABEL.
Only text or numeric items can be edited.
Note: edits made using this menu will appear
only in your private
defaults database, not in the master database.
The three editing operations are described below.
- COPY ITEM
-
Choosing
COPY
ITEM
will duplicate the current item.
You can then edit both the label and the value of the
newly created item. Only items with text or
numeric values can be copied in this way.
COPY
ITEM
is useful when you want to change the number of
instances of a certain type of item --
for example, to insert
a new mail alias into your defaults database.
- DELETE ITEM
-
Choosing
DELETE
ITEM
will delete the current
item from your private database.
It cannot be permanently deleted if
the corresponding node is present in the
master database. However, you can make it behave like
an undefined node by giving it the special value
255Undefined255.
- EDIT LABEL
-
Choosing
EDIT
LABEL
allows you to edit the label of the current item.
When you choose
EDIT
LABEL,
the label of the current item changes from
bold to normal face. Then you can select the
label and edit it as a normal panel text item.
Note: SunView starts up faster when you
set the
Private_only
parameter in the
Defaults
category to
TRUE,
in which case only your private
.defaults
file is read.
ENVIRONMENT
- DEFAULTS_FILE
-
The value of this environment variable
indicates the file from which private
SunView
defaults are read. When it is undefined,
defaults are read from the
.defaults
file in your home directory.
FILES
- /usr/lib/defaults/*.d
-
System-wide parameters and their standard settings.
Each file is a category in
defaultsedit.
- ~/.defaults
-
SEE ALSO
indent.1
lockscreen.1
mail.1
mailtool.1
stty.1v
sunview.1
[a manual with the abbreviation SVBG]
[a manual with the abbreviation SVSPG]
BUGS
Editing of choice items or categories is not supported by
defaultsedit.
Neither is editing of the master defaults
database -- to add a new
program to the master defaults database, you have to
edit a master defaults textfile.
defaultsedit
reorders mail aliases that appear in the
.mailrc
file. This can adversely affect recursive mail aliases. To
avoid this, use the
source
command for
mail.1
to include a file containing such aliases.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97