(1) How to start.
.Melt xelnx___.tgz file on PC(___:version). ex) "tar -xvzf xelnx107.tgz".
Then copy files in xe___ dir to the directory in the PATH.
Binary are compiled on RedHat9.
(xerh9___.tgz conatians binary compile on RedHat9.
Linux may have incompatibility of glibc version(shared lib).
Check version by .ver file in the bin dir or see note of (2).)
.Set symbolic link for help command.
html for help is searched as following sequence.
dir specified by "-hd" command line parameter
dir specified by "xehelp" environment variable.
xehelp on workdir(~/xe_wdnnnnn)
~/xehelp
/usr/local/share/gnome/help/xxe
/usr/local/share/doc/xxe
/usr/share/doc/xxe
set symbolic link.
ex)
ln -s /d/mydoc/xehelp /usr/local/share/gnome/help/xxe
ln -s /d/mydoc/xehelp ~/xehelp (home dir).
(assumed that html files area in the dir /d/mydoc/xehelp)
#ifdef XXE
.Copy wxe.ico appended to /usr/local/share/pixmaps/gxe
after mkdir the dir.
Then start gxe by "gxe [filename]".
Or, create shortcut icon on desctop using wxe.ico.
(Note)-Following warning issued when printer queue is not defined.
IPP request failed with status 1030
#else
.Start xe by "xe [filename]".
Use xegt/xekt/xext in the sample directory on terminal emulator
gnome-terminal/kterm/xterm.
Command line parm is displayed by "xe --h"(help only for Linux)
or "xe -h"(common help).
(Note)-This editor works in console mode(run-level=3) and on terminal emulator
on X(run-level=5).
X setup is required when work on xterm/kterm/gnome-terminal. See (4)
See (5) for mouse operation.
Use Ctrl+Alt+Fn(n:1-->6) to switch to console n.
Console that startx is issued is not avail,usualy it is
console 1.
Use Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back to X.
-Work directory xe_wdnnnnn and xe_undel_nnnnn(nnnnn:UserID)
are created in ~/(HOME) or /tmp if HOME is / (root).
Work directory is set to any name if you need ,specifying it
by env-variable(export xe=xxxx) or -wxxx command line parameter.
Or env-variable(export xe_undel=xxxx for undo linecmd on dir-list.
#endif
(Note)-When xe or gxe is hunged.
Kill the process on the console mode screen.
X mode is changed to console mode by Ctl+Alt+Fn(n is from 2 to 6),
and use Ctl+Alt+F7 to back to X mode.
To kill process,get processId by
ps -ef|grep xe
Then enter kill command.(nnnn is processId)
kill -9 nnnn
-Adjustment of keyboard rate.
For Console mode,set "kbdrate -r 6 -d 250" in /etc/rc.local.
(6:characters per second when repeat. 250:wait 250ms to generate repeated char)
For X(gterm etc),Open keyboard rate panel by Desktop->Personal->Keyboard.
Adjust cps and delay parameter testing on TextBox bellow.