Defining Panorama (xdt3) Desktop user types

All user type configuration files are kept within the main Desktop rules directory, /usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/rules. Each user type has its own subdirectory with name UserType.user, for example SCO.user.

A user type directory must contain a file called Rule.dr, which holds the default rules for this user type. The Rule.dr file can read and manipulate any files it needs to. For example, within the SCO.user user type directory, you may find the following:

Rule.dr

the main rule file for this user type, which is treated as if it were part of the system rule file

menus.dr

a rule file used to set up all the menus for this user type

Main.dt

the file used for the default main Desktop for each user of this type

objects

a subdirectory containing the objects used by default for each user of this type

ll_TT.prf

The default preferences file for this user type, in the language ll_TT, where ll is a two-character code for the language (as defined by the ISO 639 standard) and TT is a two-character code for the territory (as defined by the ISO 3166 standard). By default, the SCO.user user type provides the en_US.prf file.

ll_TT

The language file containing all the text strings used for this user type, in the form of Deskshell variable assignments. The rules of the user type should refer to the variable names to determine what text to display.

See also:

• ``Creating a new user type''

• ``Determining a user type''