Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

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cde

Common Desktop Environment

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is one of the graphical user interfaces (GUI) on Solaris systems. Solaris users may choose between CDE and GNOME.

Documenting CDE would require its own book and is beyond the scope of this one. Instead, listed here are some of the more useful individual CDE commands, which are kept in /usr/dt/bin. (Commands for the Desktop.) In addition, a number of OpenWindows commands are still useful. See the listing under openwin.

Useful CDE Programs

The following CDE and Sun Desktop commands may be of interest. Check the manpages for more information.

answerbook2	Sun hypertext documentation viewer.
dtaction	Invoke CDE actions from within shell scripts.
dtbuilder	CDE applications builder.
dtcalc	Onscreen scientific, logical, and financial calculator.
dtcm	Calendar manager.
dterror.ds	dtksh script for error notices and dialogues.
dtfile_error	dtksh script for error dialogues.
dticon	Icon editor.
dtksh	The “Desktop Korn shell,” an early version of ksh93.
dtmail	Mail reader.
dtpad	Simple text editor.
dtprintinfo	Print job manager.
dtscreen	Screen savers.
dtterm	Terminal emulator.
fdl	Font downloader utility for PostScript printers.
sdtconvtool	GUI for iconv.
sdtfind	File finder.
sdtimage	Image viewer (PostScript, GIF, JPEG, etc.).
sdtperfmeter	System performance meter.
sdtprocess	Process manager.