DWMOTIF123 REL NOTES.PDF

This document, the Release Notes for DECwindows Motif Version 1.2–3 for OpenVMS (January 1995), details new features, software problems, corrections, and restrictions for OpenVMS Alpha and VAX systems. It incorporates the OSF/Motif Release 1.2.3 Toolkit, primarily for problem resolution rather than new features, and is based on X Window System Intrinsics Release 5.

Key highlights include:

• New Features: Integration with the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility, enhanced DECterm features (keyboard scrolling, window size reporting, new cursors, terminal resizing), DECwindows Mail enhancements (tear-off menus, performance), support for DECnet/OSI full names, improved internationalization (CDA Viewer for Asian languages, file conversion), a new NCSA Mosaic browser for Internet access and customization, a Console Window application for message display, installation using shareable linkages for performance, and Window Manager overlay support.
• User Information: Details on drag-and-drop functionality (with some application exceptions like Notepad), limitations of tear-off menus in certain applications, keyboard enhancements for disabled users (AccessX features like Sticky, Mouse, and Toggle Keys), and notes on printing from applications.
• System Manager Information: A required system reboot for OpenVMS Alpha 6.2 systems after installation, instructions for customizing the login screen (colors, logo, dialog positions), managing global symbols, and DECterm system management issues.
• Programmer Information: Important notes on toolkit compatibility (binary incompatibility between older and newer Motif versions), provided run-time and development environments, language bindings (C, Fortran, Pascal), POSIX support for DECwindows transports, restrictions for running translated images on OpenVMS Alpha, CDA programming interface changes, and details on various display server extensions (X Image, Shared Memory, Display PostScript) and Xlib internationalization.