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Conventions

The original version of the DsTool toolkit was written to conform to the SUN Open Look $^{\mbox{\tiny\copyright}}$ conventions. This version was written using the Tcl/Tk toolkit, but adheres to the Open Look conventions whenever possible. For example, a menu entry with trailing ellipses implies the entry will generate a pop-up window if selected. We will also use the Open Look nomenclature SELECT, ADJUST, and MENU when referencing the mouse buttons. (If your mouse has three buttons then these are usually the left, middle and right buttons, respectively.)

Many of the functions of DsTool can be executed by using the keyboard instead of the mouse. In general, pressing Tab while the cursor points into a window will cause a panel item to be highlighted with a black outline. Pressing Tab again will cause the outline to switch to the next exclusive or non-exclusive setting, listbox, scrollbar, button, or read-write text field. (See below for descriptions of these panel items.) Pressing Return or Space in one of these items will have different effects depending upon the type of button. The following conventions and notation are used throughout:

Window title:
The text located in the window header.
Function:
A brief summary of the window's main purpose within DsTool.
Description:
Instructions on how to open the window and a detailed account of the window's behavior when the user interacts with it.
Panel items:
A complete listing of all items located on the window's control panel, along with a brief description of each item's characteristics. The terms used in this document are:

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2010-01-04