Exceed 7.0 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-7.0/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This version of Exceed is outdated.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 version 6.2 or 7.0 of Exceed, go directly to the next document: How to Use Exceed. However, if you have only performed the UNIX customization for a version of Exceed prior to 6.2, continue with these instructions.

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:

Open an SSH (or telnet) session to copland.udel.edu (if you don't have an SSH client installed, we strongly recommend that you download, install, and start using an SSH client).

At the copland prompt, type the following command:

/www/htdocs/topics/connect/sw/exceed/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.