Exceed 6.2 for UD

Customizing Your UNIX Account on the UD Composer Systems

The online version of this document is maintained at:

http://www.udel.edu/topics/connect/sw/exceed/docs-6.2/UD-Exceed-UNIX-files.html

This version of Exceed is outdated. Current Exceed documentation for UD is is maintained at:

http://www.udel.edu/topics/connect/sw/exceed/docs/index.html

This document provides instructions for adding Exceed-specific configuration files to your central UNIX account (Copland, Mahler, Strauss) at the University of Delaware.

If you have already performed the customization of UNIX files for this version of Exceed, go directly to the next document: How to Use Exceed. However, if you have only performed the UNIX customization for a previous version of Exceed, continue with these instructions. The UNIX customization files have changed for this version.

Furthermore, if you have made your own changes to the UNIX files for Exceed, the UNIX customization process will make backup copies of these files before installing the new ones. You will need to edit the new UNIX files to include these personalized settings.

Performing the UNIX Customization

What this process accomplishes:

Copying the specially prepared UNIX files into your home directory on the central UNIX systems (Copland, Strauss, Mahler) will enhance Exceed's functionality for the central UNIX systems. Specific improvements include copy-and-paste capabilities between UNIX and Microsoft Windows applications, larger scroll buffers and the use of the backspace key in UNIX Xterm windows, and better default font choices.

This UNIX customization process should be done once by each Exceed user. It modifies files only on your central UNIX account, not on the PC. To use these modifications on departmental UNIX servers, consult with your departmental server administrator.

What you should do:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Start / Programs / Exceed / "Exceed User-Setup."
  2. In the dialog box that appears,
    • Type your username and press the Tab key.
    • Type your password and press the Enter key.
  3. A status window titled "SETUPXSTART.XS - Xstart" will appear for a few seconds, showing the progress of the UNIX file modifications.
  4. A second status window will appear, titled "SETUPXSTART.XS - Host Reply". If the message is:

    Status: Connection Closed (read error)

    then the customization process has completed successfully. Click "OK" to close this box.

    However, if you see a message window that says:

    Login incorrect.     OR     Password incorrect.

    then you typed your login userid or password incorrectly. Click "OK" to close the window. Then start over from step 1.

  5. Close Exceed: click the Exceed icon on the Windows taskbar with the right mouse-button. Select "Close".

    You must close the Exceed server before you can begin to use Exceed properly!

NOTE: If the above process didn't work (e.g. you installed Exceed 7.0 which is not customized, so you don't have the icon described), you may also perform the same operation by opening a shell to your UNIX account and typing the command: 

/www/htdocs/topics/connect/sw/exceed/proto/exceed-setup

What the customization actually does:

Depending on the files you have in your UNIX account, the system performs various parts of the following file processing:
  • Makes a backup-copy of your .xsession and .Xresources-exceed files, if they exist in your home directory.
  • Possibly renames your original .xsession file to be .xsession-ncd, provided you do not already have a file by that name. When you subsequently log onto a public NCD X-terminal, the .xsession-ncd file will be read and the X-terminal will behave exactly as before.
  • Copies a prototype .xsession file to your home directory. Commands in this file direct the system to perform different actions depending on whether you are logging in on an NCD X-terminal, Windows system, Mac system, etc.
  • Copies a prototype .Xresources-exceed file to your home directory. Commands in this file are only used when you use Exceed.
  • Creates UNIX aliases (user-defined commands) in your .alias file (and creates this file if you didn't already have one). For example, the alias "onstrauss" is created and can be used as a simple way to open an Xterm window to Strauss or to run application software on Strauss.

You are now ready to proceed to the next document: How to Use Exceed.

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Last revised: February 9, 2000