Bitmap graphics based programs that are not SunView based can be run from SunView using overview. overview shows an icon in SunView when overview is brought up iconic (-Wi generic tool option; see sunview.1 or when the program being run by overview is suspended (for example, using CTRL-Z). Opening the overview icon, or starting overview non-iconic, starts the program named on the command line. overview suppresses SunView so that SunView window applications will not interfere with the program's display output or input devices.
overview runs programs that fit the following profile:
Users of overview on a Sun-3/110 should be aware of the impact of plane groups on pre-3.2 applications. You cannot successfully run pre-3.2 applications under overview if overview itself is running in the color buffer. If you start overview so that it is not running in the overlay plane, then the enable plane is not be properly set up for viewing the application. This means that you cannot run overview with the -Wf or -Wb generic tool arguments. Also, you cannot run overview on a desktop created by sunview using the -8bit_color_only option.
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