Customizing Workspaces

The default HP VUE configuration provides six workspaces. The default HP VUE Lite configuration provides four workspaces. You can add additional or remove workspaces, or change the appearance of any workspace.

To customize backdrops

Create a directory for your backdrop bitmaps.
Create a subdirectory named Color for backdrop pixmaps.
Create a symbolic link between your new bitmap directory and the HP VUE backdrops by executing:
ln -s /usr/vue/icons/Vuebackdrops/* yourDirectory
Create a symbolic link between your new pixmap directory, Color, and the HP VUE backdrops by executing:
ln -s /usr/vue/icons/Vuebackdrops/Color/* yourDirectory/Color
Use the EditResources action to change the backdropDirectory resource to use your directory.
*backdropDirectory: yourDirectory
Create your bitmap files in your directory.
Create your pixmap files in your new Color subdirectory.
Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.
Restart Style Manager by clicking the Style Manager control.

The default HP VUE backdrop images are in the /usr/vue/icons/Vuebackdrops directory. Once you change the backdropDirectory resource, backdrops in the default directory will not be available unless you link them to your directory.

Figure 24-2 The custom backdrop appears in the Backdrop Dialog.

See Also.

“Where to put backdrop image files” explains Icon Editor and more about these directories.

To make a "deep" backdrop

Issue the following command in the directory you use for custom backdrops:
ln -s backdrop deepbackdrop
Restart Style Manager by clicking on the Style Manager control.
Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.

The "deep" backdrop is a series of concentric borders that gives the impression of depth. You can combine this feature with any other backdrop. The second file name in the link must begin with deep.

Both names appear in the list of backdrops. You can select the original version of the backdrop or the version with the deep border around it.

Example. The following line provides a border around a backdrop named "bigV":

   ln -s bigV.bm deepbigV.bm

Figure 24-3 The deep backdrop can be combined with other backdrops.

To display the root window in a workspace

Select "NoBackdrop" in Style Manager's Backdrop dialog.

In HP VUE, the root window is the window behind the workspace backdrops. Ordinarily, the root window is completely obscured by the backdrops. "NoBackdrop" creates a transparent backdrop that allows you to see the root window.

xsetroot. The xsetroot client allows you to set colors and bitmaps for the root window, for instance:

   xsetroot -bitmap /home/ellen/bitmaps/bigV

tiles the root window with the specified bitmap. This differs from setting a backdrop in that no resources are updated, nor does the root window color or bitmap show in Style Manager's Workspaces dialog.

xsetrootgif. If you have the xsetrootgif client, you can display .gif images in the root window, effectively using the image as a backdrop:

   xsetroot -gif myfamily.gif

See Also.

Refer to the xsetroot or xsetrootgif man pages for details about how to use these clients.

Customizing Workspaces

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To customize backdrops

To make a "deep" backdrop

To display the root window in a workspace