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Using Change User Preferences

Change User Preferences allows users or system administrators to set user preferences.

By default, you access Change User Preferences from the Console window's Setup menu (Setup -> Change User Preferences). For other methods of displaying this local client, information about disabling it, and directions for creating a user preferences file that is loaded when the user logs in, see the System Administrator's Guide.

Components of the Change User Preferences Window

Change User Preferences is composed of a series of hide boxes providing access to fields that correspond to remote configuration parameters in the pref group.

Change User Preferences has a menu bar with a File menu and a Sections menu, a messages area, and several buttons:

Components of the Change User Preferences Hide Boxes

The following sections describe the Change User Preferences hide boxes and the fields in them. The tables describing the hide box contents include a description of each field and the name of the corresponding remote configuration parameter.

For more information about the preference parameters, see the Remote Configuration Parameter Quick Reference.

Audio Preferences

The Audio hide box affects the maximum volume of audio clients.

Audio Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Maximum Gain (percent) Maximum volume of audio clients pref-audio-maximum-gain

Bell Preferences

The parameters in the Bell hide box affect the terminal bell,

Bell Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Enable Bell Turns bell on pref-bell-enable
Bell Base Volume (percent) Bell's base volume as a percentage of the maximum volume pref-bell-volume
Bell Pitch (Hz) Bell pitch pref-bell-pitch
Bell Duration (milliseconds) Bell duration pref-bell-duration
Ring Bell Rings the bell none

Compatibility Preferences

The parameters in the Compatibility hide box ensure compatibility with older equipment or software.

Compatibility Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Permit Old X Bugs Bypasses error checks on requests that old X clients are not expected to fail pref-compatibility-permit-old-x-bugs
Be Compatible With Old DECwindows Vendor String Prefixes the display vendor string with DECwindows (for older DECwindows applications) pref-compatibility-decwindows-vendor-string
Be Compatible With Old DECwindows Keyboards Right modifiers mimic left modifiers (as with old DEC keyboards) pref-compatibility-decwindows-keyboards
Be Compatible With Old DECwindows Images Incoming X images are byte-swapped (not done by some old DECwindows applications) pref-compatibility-decwindows-images

Console and Utilities Preferences

The parameters in the Console and Utilities hide box affect the Console, logout utility, screen lock utility and screen blank utility.

Console and Utilities Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Console Key Sequence Non-standard key sequence for displaying the Console pref-console-key-sequence
Automatic Logout After (minutes) How long the terminal is idle before logging the user out pref-console-auto-logout-idle-time
Automatic Logout Cancel Delay (seconds) How long the terminal waits for the user to cancel an automatic logout pref-console-auto-logout-cancel-delay
Automatic Lock Screen After (minutes) How long the terminal is idle before automatically locking the screen pref-console-auto-lock-idle-time
Lock Screen Default Password Password for locking the screen pref-console-lock-screen-default-password
Delay When Blanking Screen (milliseconds) How long after the user selects Blank Screen before the screen goes blank pref-console-blank-screen-delay
Show Console Message Timestamps Timestamps are displayed with Console messages pref-console-show-timestamps

Environment Variables Preferences

The Environment Variables hide box is used to set variables for certain local clients. If you are using the NCD Display Manager, user variables obtained from XDM (such as HOME and USER) appear in this field.

Environment Variables Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Environment Variables Current environment variables for use by local clients pref-environment

Font Preferences

The parameters in the Font hide box affect font diagnostic messages and the directories in which the terminal searches for fonts.

Font Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Show Extended Font Diagnostics All font actions that require file system or network access are reported pref-font-extended-diagnostics
Current Font Path Current font search path pref-font-path

Keyboard Preferences

The parameters in the Keyboard hide box affect keyboard attributes.

Keyboard Preferences Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Function Key Style How the X server interprets function keys pref-keyboard-function-key-style
Enable Keyboard Autorepeat Keys repeat automatically when held down pref-keyboard-auto-repeat
Autorepeat Begin After (milliseconds) How long a key must be held down before it starts repeating pref-keyboard-auto-repeat-start
Autorepeat Rate (keys per second) How many times per second keys repeat when held down pref-keyboard-auto-repeat-rate
Keyclick Volume (percent) Volume of the keyclick (as a percentage of its maximum volume) pref-keyboard-keyclick-volume
Led 1 Led 2 Led 3 Led 4 (on some keyboards) The condition indicated by each keyboard LED pref-keyboard-leds

OpenGL Preferences

The parameters in the OpenGL hide box control graphics processing by applications that use OpenGL. This hide box appears on HMX and Explora 700 terminals only.

OpenGL Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Allow Dithering Enables color dithering operations to improve color resolution when rendering to a visual with few color bit planes pref-opengl-allow-dither
Allow Blending Enables color blending control and operations for hidden surface elimination pref-opengl-allow-depth
Allow Depth Test Enables Z-buffering control and operations pref-opengl-allow-depth
Allow Alpha Test Enables alpha test control pref-opengl-allow-alpha
Allow Scissor Test Enables scissor test control and operation pref-opengl-allow-scissor
Allow Stencil Test Enables stencil test control and stenciling operation pref-opengl-allow-stencil
Allow Polygon Stipple Enables stippling operations pref-opengl-allow-polygon-stipple
Allow Logical Operations Bitwise logical operations are performed on pixels pref-opengl-logic-operations
Fast Perspective Rendering Enables fast perspective for rendering primitives in perspective viewing situations pref-opengl-fast-perspective
Activate Alpha Buffer for RGBA Visuals Allows built-in non-zero-depth alpha buffers to be used pref-opengl-have-alpha-buffer
Enable 8-bit Color-Index double buffered Visual Advertises 8-bit color-index double-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-8cidb
Enable 8-bit Color-index single buffered visual Advertises 8-bit color-index single-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-8cisb
Enable 8-bit RGBA double buffered visual Advertises 8-bit RGBA double-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-8rgbdb
Enable 8-bit RGBA single buffered visual Advertises 8-bit RGBA single-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-8rgbsb
Enable 24-bit RGBA double buffered Visual Advertises 24-bit RGBA double-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-24rgbdb
Enable 24-bit RGBA single buffered Visual Advertises 24-bit RGBA single-buffered visual type to clients pref-opengl-have-24rgbdb

PEX Preferences

The parameters in the PEX hide box control certain aspects of applications that are based on the PEX extension. For descriptions of other PEX options, see "PEX Parameters" and "PEX Color Parameters". This hide box appears on HMX and Explora 700 terminals only.

PEX Preferences Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Nominal Line Width (pixels) Sets the standard width of lines and curves pref-pex-nominal-line-width
Nominal Edge Width (pixels) Sets the standard width of edges of surface primitives when displayed pref-pex-nominal-edge-width
Nominal Marker Size (pixels) Sets the standard size of marker primitives pref-pex-nominal-marker-size
Dither Flat Shaded Surface Enables dithering of flat shaded surfaces pref-pex-dither-flat-shaded-surface
Dither Interpolated Surface Enables dithering of Gouraud-shaded surfaces pref-pex-dither-interpolated-surface
Surface Interior Style Specifies the rendering style of surface interiors pref-pex-surface-interior-style
Surface Interpolation Method Specifies shading method for surface interiors pref-pex-surface-interp-method
Surface Reflection Model Specifies how to apply lighting effects to all surfaces pref-pex-surface-reflect-model
Color Clipping Method Specifies the method for correcting colors with RGB components outside the acceptable ranges pref-pex-color-clipping-method

Pointing Devices Preferences

The parameters in the Pointing Devices hide box affect the mouse and other pointing devices.

Pointing Devices Field
Description
Corresponding Parameter
Current Pointing Device Whether the pointer is a mouse or other device