DEFAULTSEDIT(1) — USER COMMANDS

NAME

defaultsedit, defaults_from_input, defaults_to_indentpro, defaults_to_mailrc, indentpro_to_defaults, input_from_defaults, lockscreen_default, mailrc_to_defaults, scrolldefaults, stty_from_defaults − create or edit default settings for SunView utilities

SYNOPSIS

defaultsedit [ generic-tool-arguments ]

defaults_from_input

defaults_to_indentpro

defaults_to_mailrc

indentpro_to_defaults

input_from_defaults

lockscreen_default

mailrc_to_defaults

scrolldefaults

stty_from_defaults

AVAILABILITY

These commands are available with the SunView User’s Guide software installation option. Refer to Installing SunOS 4.1 for information on how to install optional software.

DESCRIPTION

defaultsedit is a SunView application that provides a convenient means for inspecting and setting default parameters. It can be viewed as an alternative to the traditional UNIX operating system .∗rc files that contain initialization options for various commands. Currently, you can use defaultsedit to manipulate options to the programs indent(1), mail(1) and mailtool(1), stty(1V), and defaultsedit, as well as the menu, scrollbar, text subwindow and tty subwindow packages, and the SunView environment itself.

The remaining commands are used by defaultsedit to perform conversions and other functions; they can also be invoked directly from the shell:

defaults_from_input
update window-system I/O defaults from current system values

defaults_to_indentpro
update indent(1) defaults in the database from the .indent.pro file

defaults_to_mailrc update the .mailrc file from the defaults database

indentpro_to_defaults
update indent defaults from the .indent.pro file

input_from_defaults
update current system values for window-system I/O from defaults database

lockscreen_default apply current default for lockscreen(1) display program

mailrc_to_defaults update mail(1) and/or mailtool(1) defaults from the .mailrc file

scrolldefaults a SunView application that lets you try out different settings from the Scrollbar category interactively

stty_from_defaults
set terminal (TTY) options from defaults database

Any program or package that a user can customize by setting or changing a parameter could be written so as to get its initialization options from the defaults database. For further information, see SunView 1 System Programmer’s Guide.

OPTIONS

defaultsedit accepts all of the generic tool arguments discussed in sunview(1).

USAGE

This only applies to defaultsedit.

Subwindows

defaultsedit consists of four subwindows. From top to bottom they are:

control Contains the name of the category currently displayed, and buttons labeled SAVE, QUIT, RESET, and EDIT ITEM. To change the category, click the LEFT mouse button on the word CATEGORY, or use the menu that pops up when you click the RIGHT mouse button.

message A small text subwindow where messages from defaultsedit are displayed.

parameters Shows all current default parameter names with corresponding values. Clicking the LEFT mouse button over a parameter displays a help string in the message subwindow.

edit A small text subwindow which enables text editing of parameter values. This is useful for very long text values, such as a long mailing list.

Control Panel

SAVE Save the current values that differ from the standard defaults in your private database — that is, the .defaults file in your home directory.

QUIT Exit without saving any changes.

RESET Reset the default parameters of the current category to the values in your private database. This is useful if you change some values, then change your mind and want to restore the original values.

EDIT ITEM Clicking the RIGHT mouse button over the EDIT ITEM button brings up a menu with three choices: COPY ITEM, DELETE ITEM and EDIT LABEL. Only text or numeric items can be edited. Note: edits made using this menu will appear only in your private defaults database, not in the master database. The three editing operations are described below.

COPY ITEM Choosing COPY ITEM will duplicate the current item. You can then edit both the label and the value of the newly created item. Only items with text or numeric values can be copied in this way. COPY ITEM is useful when you want to change the number of instances of a certain type of item — for example, to insert a new mail alias into your defaults database.

DELETE ITEM Choosing DELETE ITEM will delete the current item from your private database. It cannot be permanently deleted if the corresponding node is present in the master database. However, you can make it behave like an undefined node by giving it the special value 255Undefined255.

EDIT LABEL Choosing EDIT LABEL allows you to edit the label of the current item. When you choose EDIT LABEL, the label of the current item changes from bold to normal face. Then you can select the label and edit it as a normal panel text item.

Note: SunView starts up faster when you set the Private_only parameter in the Defaults category to TRUE, in which case only your private .defaults file is read.

ENVIRONMENT

DEFAULTS_FILE The value of this environment variable indicates the file from which private SunView defaults are read. When it is undefined, defaults are read from the .defaults file in your home directory.

FILES

/usr/lib/defaults/∗.d
System-wide parameters and their standard settings. Each file is a category in defaultsedit.

~/.defaults

BUGS

Editing of choice items or categories is not supported by defaultsedit. Neither is editing of the master defaults database — to add a new program to the master defaults database, you have to edit a master defaults textfile.

defaultsedit reorders mail aliases that appear in the .mailrc file. This can adversely affect recursive mail aliases. To avoid this, use the source command for mail(1) to include a file containing such aliases.

Sun Release 4.1 — Last change: 15 February 1988

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