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- 1 - 3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s _a_n_d _A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s _f_o_r _I_R_I_X _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e _D_e_s_k_t_o_p _R_e_l_e_a_s_e _6._5 The IRIX 6.5 IRIX Interactive Desktop differs from the IRIX 6.4 Desktop in the following ways. +o In previous releases, the default behavior for IRIX systems was to allow display of remote applications. In IRIX 6.5, the default behavior is to not allow this display. This behavior can be turned on or off for the whole system by using the "Improve System Security" guide, for the individual by using the Desktop- >Customize->Desktop control panel, or for the session by using System->Utilities->Enable/Disable Remote Display. Use of Desktop->Access Files->By Remote Login will enable remote display for the current session from the machine accessed. +o In IRIX 6.5, end users can design their own desktop icons without needing root permission. For instructions, see the detailed comments in the /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_f_i_l_e_t_y_p_e/_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e._p_e_r_s_o_n_a_l file. +o "Type to select" functionality now has audio feedback. When the user types with the mouse pointer over an fm window or over the desktop background, sounds will play to indicate which icons match and are being selected. A soft click means that several icons match and are selected. A bell ding means that only one icon matches and is selected. A quick suction sound means that no icon matches and no icon is selected. The suction sound also plays when the user presses the spacebar to clear the selection. +o The desktop Removable Media Manager now shows all volumes on mounted devices such as CDROM and zip drives, instead of just one of the volumes. +o The Desktop is no longer limited to displaying 10 removable media devices. +o The mmmmaaaakkkkeeeeDDDDoooottttDDDDeeeesssskkkkttttoooopppp program now has a Cancel button which users can click to exit back to the login screen. It also has an Always toggle which users can check to designate a choice to be made automatically whenever they log into a system where their home directory is - 2 - NFS-mounted. From Desktop > Customize > Environment Setup, users can now run mmmmaaaakkkkeeeeDDDDoooottttDDDDeeeesssskkkkttttoooopppp during their login sessions to change their preferences. +o In previous releases, the File Manager wouldn't support the "Empty Dumpster" command correctly when running on top of the Andrew File System. This problem has been fixed for the IRIX 6.5 release. +o There is a new Permissions panel for viewing and changing file access permissions and ownership, accessible from Selected > Change Permissions. +o The NEdit text editor has replaced Jot as the default in the Desktop > Customize > Utilities panel. Also the MHmail entry has been removed from this panel because MHmail must be run at a command line. +o The toolchest has a few new entries, including System > Display Properties, System > Process Manager, Help > Quick Answers (formerly How Do I...) and Help > Hints & Shortcuts. +o If the user's home directory is not writable, then the user will be able to log in but the desktop will not run. The file manager and other programs in the desktop require read and write access to the special $_H_O_M_E/._d_e_s_k_t_o_p-<_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e> directory. +o A new GL screensaver called Diatoms has been added to the Desktop > Customize > Screensaver panel. To see it, install the IRIX 6.5 _d_e_s_k_t_o_p__t_o_o_l_s product. +o The desktop filetypes will recognize DOS executables as ForeignExecutables when SoftWindows is not installed. They will also recognize C++ source files whose filenames end in ".C" or ".C++" as well as ".c++". +o The desktop now recognizes any DAT drive, not just Archive Python DAT drives. - 3 - +o The $_H_O_M_E/._d_e_s_k_t_o_p-<_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e>/._u_s_e_r_e_n_v file is obsolete. The /_v_a_r/_X_1_1/_x_d_m/_X_s_e_s_s_i_o_n._d_t script used to save environment variables in this file. +o When the O2 camera is plugged into an O2, two icons will appear on the desktop background: a camera and a microphone. Double-clicking the camera icon will launch mediarecorder in video-snap mode using the O2 camera as video input. Opening the microphone icon will launch mediarecorder in audio-record mode using the O2 camera microphone as audio input. +o For fast presentation of fm windows, the file manager now caches desktop filetypes in the $_H_O_M_E/._d_e_s_k_t_o_p- <_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e>/_T_y_p_e_C_a_c_h_e directory. +o Desktop sounds have changed. The search tool's sound effects have been restored. Also, the high-pitched plink sound that accompanies the arrival of a new file on the desktop now also plays when the user renames any icon or moves an icon from one directory to another. +o When the user holds the Alt key and double-clicks a remote device icon such as a zip or a jaz drive, the _a_c_c_e_s_s_w_o_r_k_s_t_a_t_i_o_n(_1) application will now run, allowing the user to open an fm window of the remote media. +o The Desktop > Customize > Color Schemes panel lets the user edit three new colors. These are the colors of links used in the IRIX Interactive Desktop System Administration active guides. +o The Desktop > Customize > Iconviews panel no longer has the Permissions Details toggle, as all fm windows now show permissions details. The settings that affect all iconviews have been grouped in a separate Global Settings section. The panel has a few new toggles: Pathfinder, Preserve Layout When Opening in Place, and Truncated Names. +o In fm windows, users can call up the Search/Filter Files pane with a new Ctrl-S accelerator. - 4 - +o In Desktop > Customize > Screensaver, the maximum slider values have been increased to 120 minutes for the screensaver delay and 180 minutes for the powersaver delay. +o If the user has a $_H_O_M_E/._x_s_e_s_s_i_o_n file or a $_H_O_M_E/._s_g_i_s_e_s_s_i_o_n file, then at login the desktop will no longer issue a warning before executing that file. +o If users set the environment variable SGI_DESKTOP_DIRECTORY in their $_H_O_M_E/._c_s_h_r_c or $_H_O_M_E/._p_r_o_f_i_l_e file, then the next time they log in, the desktop will use the value of that variable as the directory in which to store desktop background icons. This lets users avoid having to have a directory named _D_e_s_k_t_o_p in their home directory. +o The Desktop > Customize > Sounds panel now lets users redirect their desktop sounds to a different audio output device. +o The monitor confidence test has changed significantly. In IRIX 6.5, it uses more standard patterns and provides video control options to control the emission of R,G,B video streams for testing the display. +o The content viewer in _f_m(_1) windows now plays AVI movie files and MPEG1 video files. The content viewer also now shows a long listing of a directory's contents when the user clicks on the background of the fm window. +o The Desktop Message Bus (DMB) is obsolete in IRIX 6.5 and later releases. Applications that used to use the DMB now instead use ViewKit's run-once functionality or new desktop ConfigWatcher functionality. Some customization panels now require write access to the $_H_O_M_E/._d_e_s_k_t_o_p-<_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e>/_F_m_S_t_a_t_e file in order to communicate changes to the file manager. +o The new ffffmmmmsssseeeerrrrvvvv daemon allows multiple file manager (ffffmmmm) windows to share the same process, which trims memory usage. It also monitors the /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_f_i_l_e_t_y_p_e/_d_e_s_k_t_o_p._o_t_r icons database and gives the user the option of restarting the desktop when a - 5 - new application has been installed. Note: These release notes cover only those feature changes in the ddddeeeesssskkkkttttoooopppp____eeeeooooeeee subsystem from IRIX 6.4 to IRIX 6.5. For information about changes between other previous releases, see the appropriate past release's release notes.