Glossary

Symbolizes your home directory. For example, if your home directory is /users/anna/, then /HomeDirectory/bitmaps/smile.bm represents /users/anna/bitmaps/smile.bm.

A key or combination of keys provided as a shortcut for choosing a command. Accelerators are most commonly used with menu commands, but may also be used for other frequent actions.

An HP VUE construct used to provide a user interface for applications and other commands. Actions are defined in a database of files located along the database search path.

An icon representing an HP VUE action in a File Manager or Toolbox window. An action icon is displayed by creating an empty executable file and giving it the same name as the action it represents.

A host computer that provides access to a collection of actions.

See software application.

A host computer that provides access to application software.

See window.

An image stored in a raster format. Usually the term bitmap implies that the image is limited to exactly two colors (a foreground and a background color). An image that uses more than two colors is usually called a pixmap.

A bitmapped font is made from a matrix of dots. See font.

A control that executes a command, starts an action, or selects an option. There are three main kinds of buttons: push buttons, toggle buttons, and radio buttons.

Association of a mouse button operation with a particular behavior.

To press and release a mouse button. The term comes from the fact that pressing and releasing the buttons of most mice makes a clicking sound.

See software application.

A command line prompt shows that the computer is ready to accept your commands. Each terminal emulation window has a command line prompt that acts just like the command line prompt that would be shown if your computer was not running HP VUE. Usually the command line prompt is %, >, or $. You can find the command line prompt by pressing Return in a terminal emulation window.

A graphical user interface component that enables you to manipulate an object, select choices, or type information. Menus, text fields, and Front Panel push buttons and indicators are examples of controls.

A session that was saved when logging out of the previous session. Returning to the saved session allows you to continue working where you left off. (Some applications may not participate in "session management," so you have have to manually start them after logging in.)

A host computer where the data for an action is located.

A host computer where an action is defined.

A place to put files, directories, actions, and applications for quick access. A Desktop is available in each HP VUE workspace. To put an object on the Desktop, drag its icon from a File Manager or Toolbox window and drop it on the workspace backdrop. An object on the desktop operates just like its original icon. The HP VUE Desktop is not available in HP VUE Lite.

A secondary window displayed by an application window. The Color dialog, belonging to Style Manager's main window is an example of a dialog.

A session that can be restored on only a particular display.

A session that can be restored on any display, regardless of screen resolution or color capability.

Pressing and releasing a mouse button twice in rapid succession.

Pressing and holding down a mouse button while moving the mouse, which moves the pointer on the screen.

Releasing an object, such as a file icon, that has been dragged to a new position. To drop the icon, release the mouse button.

An area of the display that accepts a dropped file. Drop zones include the Trash, Printer, Mailer, and Personal Toolbox control and icons in the toolboxes that use file arguments. You can also drop objects on the Desktop for quick access. There are no drop zones in HP VUE Lite.

A host computer where an application invoked by the action runs. The execution host may be the same computer where the action resides, or it may be another computer on the network.

An HP VUE application for adding text or audio annotations to files. Annotations do not alter the contents of the file or directory being annotated. (Audio annotations are available only on systems capable of recording and playing audio.)

An HP VUE application for managing the files and directories on your system. File Manager is not available in HP VUE Lite.

A host computer used to store data files used by applications.

An HP VUE mechanism used to associate particular data files with the appropriate applications and actions. Filetypes can determine the type of a file based on file naming conventions, such as a particular extension name, or by the contents of the file.

A complete set of characters (letters, digits, and special characters) of one size and one typeface. "Ten-point, Helvetica, bold" is an example of a font.

A centrally-located window containing a variety of controls for accessing applications and utilities on your computer. The Front Panel also contains the workspace switch. The Front Panel occupies all workspaces.

A container for system-wide actions built into HP VUE or put there by your system administrator. To display the General Toolbox, choose General in the Toolboxes subpanel.

A personal directory where you keep files and additional subdirectories that belong to you. By default, File Manager and Terminal Emulator windows are set to your home directory when you first open them.

A session you explicitly save without logging out.

A connection from one help topic to another related topic. A hyperlink can be a word, a phrase, or a graphic image. Any underlined text within a help window is a hyperlink.

Most hyperlinks cause a "jump" to a related help topic. However, hyperlinks can also be used to perform other behavior, such as executing commands or invoking actions.

An Internal Terminal Emulator. The ITE lets you use your bitmapped display as a terminal (via No Windows mode from the Login screen).

Association of a key stroke with a particular behavior.

A control, also called selection list, that contains scrollable choices from which you can select.

A host computer from which an action is invoked. This host must be running HP VUE.

A mapped action is an action that invokes another action, rather than containing its own EXEC-STRING. The file /usr/vue/types/user-prefs.vf contains the built-in mapped actions. For example, the built-in Mailer action used by the Front Panel is mapped to another action named Elm. You can change the mailer by remapping.

To enlarge a window to fill a workspace. The push button that maximizes a window is located in the upper right corner of a window frame.

A list of commands that is displayed from a window or software application. The window menu enables you to control the size, shape, and position of that window. An application menu enables you to operate the application.

The bar directly beneath a window's title bar that contains the titles of the pull down menus for the software application.

To turn a window into an icon. The push button that minimizes a window is located near the upper right corner of the window frame.

A single, underlined character in a command. The mnemonic initiates that the command can be executed by typing that letter. Mnemonics are used most commonly in menu commands, however, other buttons may also have mnemonics.

A key that, when pressed and held, along with another key, changes the meaning of the second key. Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are examples.

A container for actions available locally that are located on other host computers on your network. To display the Network Toolbox, choose the Network control in the Toolboxes subpanel.

A session managed across multiple systems. Using a networked session allows you to see the same session, regardless of which system you use to log in. It also provides a single home directory across multiple systems.

An unseen character that marks the end of a line of text in a document. It tells a printer or screen to break a line and start a new one.

Any logical piece of data that has associated behavior. For example, in File Manager, files, directories, actions, and applications are all considered objects. Each type of object has specific associated actions. Typically, each object is represented as an icon.

A container for personal applications and utilities. To display the Personal Toolbox, choose the Tools control in the Front Panel.

An image stored in a raster format. Usually the term pixmap implies that the image may have more than two colors. An image that is limited to two colors is usually called a bitmap.

A control that immediately starts an action as soon as it is chosen. OK, Cancel, and Help are examples of push buttons commonly found in dialogs.

A control that — combined with other radio buttons — offers you a fixed set of choices that are mutually exclusive.

A mechanism of the X Window System for specifying an attribute (appearance or behavior) of a window or application. Resources are usually named after the elements they control.

A mathematical outline for a typeface that can be used to create a bitmapped font for a particular size, slant, or weight.

A window component for controlling the contents of a scrollable area. Scroll bars are used when information is too large to display within a window.

A system that provides networked sessions. The session files reside on the session server. These files are used whenever the user logs into a system on the network.

A control that "slides" back and forth across a range of measurements or values. Style Manager's Color dialog controls that choose the red, green, and blue color values are examples of sliders.

A computer program that provides you with tools to do your work. Style Manager, Text Editor, and File Manager are examples of software applications.

The HP VUE application with which you easily customize some visual elements and system device behaviors of your environment, including colors and fonts, and keyboard, mouse, window, and session startup behaviors.

A component of the HP VUE Front Panel that provides additional controls. Subpanels usually contain groups of related controls. For instance, the Printers subpanel provides access to multiple printers.

A login that allows special permissions for modifying system files that most users do not have permission to modify. Superuser is also called "the root user" or simply "root" since the user ID for superuser is root. On most computer systems, only a few users have permission to become superuser.

A window that emulates a particular terminal type for running non-window programs. The most common use of terminal emulator windows is interacting with your computer's operating system by typing commands. The two most common terminal emulators in HP VUE are hpterm and xterm.

The HP VUE application with which you create and edit documents.

A rectangular area in a window where you type information. Text fields with keyboard focus have a blinking text insertion cursor.

A rectangular area used to cover a surface with a pattern or visual texture. Workspace Manager supports tiling, enabling users with limited color availability to create new color tiles blended from existing colors.

A rectangular area of a window frame (at the top of the window) that identifies the contents of the window. Usually, a window's title is the name of the application -- for example, Style Manager.

A container for action icons. There are three toolboxes: Personal Toolbox, General Toolbox, and Network Toolbox.

A rectangular area on your display. Software applications typically have one "main" window from which "secondary" windows, called dialogs, can be opened. A window frame has controls with which you can manipulate the window.

The visible part of a window that surrounds a software application. A window frame can contain five controls: title bar, resize borders, minimize button, maximize button, and the window menu button. (Some windows may not display all of these controls.)

A small, graphic representation of a window that takes up little area in a workspace.

The menu displayed when you press mouse button 1 on the window menu button in the upper left corner of the window frame, or press Alt Space.

A single screen of windows. The HP VUE Workspace Manager creates multiple workspaces. Each workspace is like a separate screen, plus you can have windows "occupy" any combination of workspaces. The Front Panel contains the workspace switch you use to move from workspace to workspace.

The program that controls the size, placement, and operation of windows within multiple workspaces. The HP VUE Workspace Manager includes the Front Panel, the window frames that surround each application, and window and workspace menus.

The menu displayed by pressing mouse button 3 on the workspace backdrop. This menu is sometimes called the "root" menu.