Introduction to SCO Panner

The Root menu

The Root menu appears when you press mouse button 1 or 2 with the pointer on Desktop background, or on the Root window, if you are not running the Desktop.

The Root menu has the following items:

UNIX Window

starts a scoterm window to emulate an X terminal

Desktop

starts a Desktop session

Mail

starts a SCOmail session

Calendar

starts a SCOcalendar session

Screen Lock

locks your display by running SCOlock

Help on SCO Panner

starts a DocView session, displaying the online documentation for using SCO Panner

NOTE: If your documentation is provided through a server (as opposed to being available on your local system), this will not function properly unless you update the /usr/lib/X11/system.pmwmrc file to specify the name of the server in place of localhost.

Help

starts a DocView session, displaying the Documentation Library, which provides access to all of the SCO OpenServer (TM)

online documentation.

Panner/Icon Menu

displays the Panner/Icon menu (described below)

Refresh

redraws your screen

Restart Window Manager

restarts SCO Panner

Quit Window Manager

stops SCO Panner but does not log you out

Exit Session

stops your current session and logs you out

The Panner/Icon menu on the Root menu has the following items:

Pan Up: pans up one screen-height
Pan Down: pans down one screen-height
Pan Left: pans left one screen-width
Pan Right: pans right one screen-width
Autopan on: switches autopanning on
Autopan off: switches autopanning off

NOTE: The Panner/Icon menu is also available by pressing mouse button 3 on the outside edge of the Desktop, or on the Root window, if you are not running the Desktop.

The Panner/Icon menu also allows you to pack icons in the icon box so that they occupy the minimum amount of space, sort the icons by icon title, client title, or instance name, and temporarily remove the panner window from the screen.