SunRay Utilities

<BODY > <HR><center> <table border=1> <td><img height=36 width=36 alt="" src="../../../icons/latex2html/previous_fade.gif"></td> <td> <A NAME="tex2html4" HREF="../../../classes/Lab_Manual/contents.html"><img height=36 width=36 alt="UP" src="../../../icons/latex2html/up.gif"></A></td> <td> <IMG WIDTH="81" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next_inactive" SRC="../../../icons/latex2html/nx_grp_g.gif"></td> <td><a href="contents-sunrays.html"><img height=36 width=36 alt="CONTENTS" src="../../../icons/latex2html/toc.gif"></a></td> </table> </center> <HR>  <P> Carleton DeTar detar at physics.utah.edu <P> <P> <H1>SunRay Utilities</H1> <P> <P> Here are instructions for accessing the browser, mail utility, emacs, and Maple, editing simple Microsoft Office documents, and using a USB flash memory drive with our lab SunRay terminals. <P> This document assumes you already know how to log on and start the <A NAME="tex2html1" HREF="../../windows/windows/windows.html">Java Desktop window manager.</A>. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000010000000000000"> Web Browser</A> </H4> <P> Use the Launch button at the lower left of your window to select your favorite browser. On first use, you may be asked to register your use of Firefox. Don't bother. We have already registered our departmental copy. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000020000000000000"> Mail utilities</A> </H4> <P> Choosing a mail utility requires some thought. You should do it deliberately, because each one has a different place to put your incoming mail, and once filed, it isn't easy to move it from one mail utility to another. <P> There is the very basic Unix mail utility that lacks many of the nice features of modern mail utilities, but it gets the job done. You can also compose and send messages from an emacs window. See the <A NAME="tex2html2" HREF="../../email/email/email.html">brief description</A>. <P> The Unix ``pine'' utility is very popular. It is not windows based, but it can manage folders and handle attachments. To start pine, select Launch->Email-pine or open a terminal window and type the <B>pine</B> command. <P> The full-featured Mozilla mail utility is called Thunderbird. It is windows based and does attachments. To start it, select Launch->Email-Thunderbird or open a terminal window and type the <B>thunderbird &</B> command. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000030000000000000"> emacs</A> </H4> <P> The text editor of choice for this course is <B>emacs</B>. You can start it by selecting Launch->emacs or by typing the <B>emacs &</B> command in a terminal window. To start emacs editing a file called <B>foo</B>, type <B>emacs foo &</B>. For more about emacs see the brief <A NAME="tex2html3" HREF="../../emacs/emacs/emacs.html">chapter</A> that takes you through the basics. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000040000000000000"> Maple</A> </H4> <P> You can run maple in dumb terminal mode by opening a terminal window and typing the command <B>maple</B>. This is handy if you are doing a quick calculation with only a few commands. <P> It is, of course, nicer to run Maple under windows. Select Launch->xmaple. From a terminal window you can start it by typing the command <B>xmaple &</B>. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000050000000000000"> OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Windows documents</A> </H4> <P> The OpenOffice.org application understands and can edit simple Windows documents. This includes Excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Word documents. You can also use StarOffice 8. <P> To run Open Office, select Launch->OpenOffice.org 2.0. You can also start it from a terminal window by typing the command <B>ooffice &</B>. You can also start it ``Window's style'' from your desktop by clicking on the Documents icon and chasing through the file tree until you get to the file. Double clicking on a document with a filename extension <B>.doc</B> or <B>.xls</B> will, by default, open it with the OpenOffice application. <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00000060000000000000"> USB flash memory drive</A> </H4> <P> You can bring files to the lab and take them home with a personal USB flash memory drive. The SunRay terminal unit has a spare USB port in the back. When the drive is active the files should appear in the directory <B>/tmp/SUNWut/mnt/<username></B> where <B><username></B> is your user name. 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