What Runs Where on Athena - Screen Accessories

Window Managers

metacity

Description: Window manager supplied with Gnome user interface, the standard window manager on debathena
TO RUN:
(if previously deselected, select Athena Default Session from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
See also: twm, Window maker, XMonad |

mwm

Description: Motif Window Manager, incorporation the Motif look-and-feel
TO RUN:
Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding.
(select Motif Window Manager from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
See also: metacity, twm, Window maker, XMonad |

twm

Description: Tab Window Manager (formerly Tom's Window Manager). It provides titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus, and user-specified key and pointer button bindings
TO RUN:
Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding.
(select TWM from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
See also: metacity, mwm, Window maker, XMonad |

Window maker

Description: Window manager designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment; tries to be compatible with the NeXTStep interface
TO RUN:
Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding
See website (select Window maker from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
See also: metacity, mwm, twm, XMonad |
*XMonad *
Description:* *dynamically tiling window manager written and configured in Haskell
TO RUN:
Changing your window manager can make drastic changes to the look and feel and operating commands of your desktop, and may make standard debathena controls and menus disappear. Commands may be non-obvious and you need to familiarize yourself with them before proceeding. Some window managers may require special configuration files in order to function properly. Please make sure you are fully aware of the consequences before proceeding
See website (select XMonad from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
See also: metacity, mwm, twm, Window maker |

Utilities

Eterm

Description: customizable color vt102 terminal emulator
TO RUN:
athena% Eterm &
See also: gnome-terminal, rxvt, screen, xterm |

gnome-calculator

Description: desktop calculator
TO RUN:
athena% gnome-calculator &
See also: dc, nickle, xcalc |

gnome-control-center

Description: allows user to set various desktop preferences
TO RUN:
athena% gnome-control-center &
See also: nautilus |

gnome-terminal

Description: creates an enhanced terminal window with pull-down menus contaning commands that affect a variety of window attributes
TO RUN:
Right-click on root background window and select Open in Terminal, or type:
athena% gnome-terminal &
See also: Eterm, rxvt, screen, xterm |

ical

Description: X based calendar program
TO RUN:
athena% add tcl
athena% ical &
See also: pscal, xcal, xtc |

less

Description: bidirectional text file pager- allows scrolling forward and backward through a text file, with search capability
TO RUN:
athena% less textfile
See also: more |

more

Description: text file pager- allows scrolling forward through a text files, with search capability. Often used in conjunction with other applications that output text
TO RUN:
athena% more textfile
See also: less |

nautilus

Description: file manager incorporating multimedia and application autolaunch capabilities
TO RUN:
athena% nautilus
See also: gnome-control-center |

pscal

Description: calendar program that prints hardcopy calendars by month, suitable for annotating daily activities
TO RUN:
athena% add -f postscript
athena% pscal month year (example: pscal 5 2000)
See also: ical, xcal, xtc
Note: The PRINTER environment variable must be defined when you use this application, or else you will need to use the -Pprintername command-line switch |

remmina

Description: GNOME remote desktop client supporting a variety of protocols
TO RUN:
athena% remmina &
See also: ssh, vinagre
*Note: *If using VNC, remote host needs to be running VNC server for connection to work. If authentication is required, you may need to know a username or password to be granted access. If a firewall is set on either end, you may need to open the VNC port (5900) to enable the connection |

rxvt

Description: "slimmed down" terminal emulator, having fewer features and using less swap space than xterm. Consequently it can run faster and uses fewer system resources
TO RUN:
athena% rxvt &
See also: Eterm, gnome-terminal, xterm |

screen

Description: full-screen text-based window manager and terminal emulator that multiplexes a physical terminal between multiple processes (typically interactive shells)
TO RUN:
athena% *screen *options
See also: gnome-terminal, xterm
Note: To use screen effectively, you need to learn various keystroke commands that do things like putting it in the background and attaching to running processes. See the screen man page or other documentation for details |

vinagre

Description: remote desktop access application
TO RUN:
athena% vinagre &
See also: Mosh, remmina, ssh
*Note: *This application is no longer installed. You can install it temporarily (on a debathena-cluster machine) or permanently (on a debathena-workstation or non-Athena Ubuntu machine) but not on the Athena dialups by doing the following:
sudo to root and install from the vinagre Ubuntu package using aptitude or synaptic. Remote host needs to be running VNC server for connection to work. If authentication is required, you may need to know a username or password to be granted access. If a firewall is set on either end, you may need to open the VNC port (5900) to enable the connection |

xcal

Description: interactive calendar program (this is not the standard Athena calendar program; see xtc for that)
TO RUN:
athena% xcal &
See also: ical, pscal, xtc |

xcalc

Description: calculator that can emulate a TI-30 or HP-10C
TO RUN:
athena% xcalc [istdraft:-rpn] & *(-rpn* for HP-style calculator)
See also: dc, gnome-calculator, nickle |

xclock

Description: clock that can display in analog or digital form
TO RUN:
athena% xclock & |

xfontsel

Description: displays information and samples of fonts available on the system
TO RUN:
athena% xfontsel &
See also: gnome-control-center |

xload

Description: displays a periodically updated graph of workstation load average
TO RUN:
athena% xload & |

xlock

Description: locks display and starts screensaver; hit a key and enter your passwork to unlock it
TO RUN:
athena% *xlock * |

xtc

Description: Athena calendar- allows graphic display of time blocks, and overlap with calendars of selected other users on the network to find available meeting times
TO RUN:
athena% add calendar
athena% xtc &
See also: ical, pscal, xcal |

xterm

Description: creates a new, empty terminal window on your screen
TO RUN:
athena% xterm &
See also: Eterm, gnome-terminal, rxvt, screen |