Components of the Graphical Environment

The Graphical Environment is created through the combination of several different software components. It is important to understand the relationship between these components before you begin configuring your environment.

The Graphical Environment is comprised of the following components:

• MIT's X Window System, an industry-standard software system that provides the X server for the SCO OpenServer Graphical Environment.

• the SCO Panner window manager, an enhanced version of the OSF/Motif window manager, a client that determines the ``look and feel'' of the windows. The window manager (pmwm) mediates communication between the X server and other X clients, managing running programs, and controlling the location and appearance of client windows (particularly window borders), the contents of window menus, and the actions of mouse and key clicks in relationship to the windows.

• the Desktop, a client that provides a graphical interface for running utilities and applications, moving through directories, and manipulating icons. The Desktop (xdt3) controls the appearance of desktop icons and directories, the contents of desktop and directory menus, and the effects of mouse clicks and drags on desktop icons, directories, and menus.

• SCO OpenServer X clients, such as scomail, scocalendar, scocolor, and scoterm, that allow you to perform many user and administrative tasks graphically

• additional, industry-standard X clients, such as xclock, xlsfonts, and xmodmap, that provide many other user and administrative functions

See also:

• ``Customizing the Graphical Environment''