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IDI Names

The IDI workstation names are stored in a text file which is opened in the same way as the GKS names files but with GKS replaced by IDI. Each line in the file describes one workstation name and contains the name, the IDI workstation type that it translates to (a two or three character code), the device name of the workstation, a short description of the workstation and, optionally, the network node from which the device is accessible and a sequence number (see this section). For example:

      xwindows/XW/xwindows/X Windows/ / /
      x2windows/XW2/xwindows2/X Windows/ / /
The use of the node name field is the same as for GKS names (see this section). For X window devices the first two characters of the workstation type must be 'XW', the device name is a string (up to 10 characters) which is used as the GWM window name, and the sequence number should be left blank.



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GNS [2.5exrkstation
Starlink User Note 57
David Terrett & Nicholas Eaton
12 July 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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