Man Page visu.1

NAME

     visu - OSF/Motif user interface builder

SYNOPSIS

     visu [ -csepAKCSEulbarmRMFWXJ [ code_file ] ] [ -windows ]	[
     -f	filename ] [ -xV ]

DESCRIPTION

     visu is  a	 Graphical  User  Interface  builder  for  X  and
     OSF/Motif.	  If  any of the code generation flags are speci-
     fied,  visu  will	not  run  interactively,  and  an   input
     file_name must be specified.

OPTIONS

     -c	       Generate	C code to code_file.  If code_file is not
	       specified,  last	 C file	specified in visu will be
	       used.

     -s	       Generate	C stubs	to code_file.	If  code_file  is
	       not  specified,	last stubs file	specified in visu
	       will be used.

     -e	       Generate	C externs to code_file.	 If code_file  is
	       not specified, last externs file	specified in visu
	       will be used.

     -p	       Generate	C pixmaps to code_file.	 If code_file  is
	       not specified, last pixmaps file	specified in visu
	       will be used.

     -A	       Generate	 ANSI-C.   Force  generated  code  to  be
	       ANSI-C.	Overrides any setting in the design file.

     -K	       Generate	K&R C.	Force generated	code to	be K&R	C
	       Overrides any setting in	the design file.

     -C	       Generate	 C++  source  code  to	 code_file.    If
	       code_file  is  not specified, last C++ file speci-
	       fied in visu will be used.

     -S	       Generate	C++ stubs to code_file.	 If code_file  is
	       not  specified,	last  C++ stubs	file specified in
	       visu will be used.

     -E	       Generate	C++ externs to code_file.   If	code_file
	       is  not specified, last C++ externs file	specified
	       in visu will be used.

     -u	       Generate	UIL code to code_file.	If  code_file  is
	       not  specified,	last  UIL  file	specified in visu
	       will be used.

     -l	       Generate	 C  code  for  UIL  to	 code_file.    If
	       code_file  is  not  specified, last C for UIL file
	       specified in visu will be used.

     -b	       Generate	stubs for  UIL	code  to  code_file.   If
	       code_file  is  not  specified,  last stubs for UIL
	       file specified in visu will be used.

     -a	       Generate	UIL pixmaps to code_file.   If	code_file
	       is not specified, last pixmaps for UIL file speci-
	       fied in visu will be used.

     -r	       Generate	X defaults to code_file.  If code_file is
	       not  specified,	last X defaults	file specified in
	       visu will be used.

     -m	       Generate	Makefile to code_file.	If  code_file  is
	       not  specified,	last  Makefile	specified in visu
	       will be used.

     -R	       Generate	Microsoft Windows resource file.

     -M	       Generate	Motif flavour C++.

     -F	       Generate	Motif XP flavour C++.

     -W	       Generate	Microsoft Windows MFC (Microsoft  Founda-
	       tion Class) flavour C++.

     -J	       Generate	Java(tm) to the	directory specified.

     -X	       Synonym for -r.

     -L	       Run with	a private colormap. This is useful if you
	       are  running  other applications	which have a high
	       color usage. This option	may cause color	 flashing
	       when moving between windows.

     -windows  Start visu in Microsoft Windows mode.

     -f	file_name
	       Input file. Use -f to avoid confusion with default
	       code_file.

     -x	       Print list of switches.

     -V	       Print the version number	and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

     The behaviour of visu is influenced by a number of	 environ-
     ment variables specific to	visu.

     visu prepends three important X environment  variables  with
     visu-specific directory paths. Whilst this	is safe, and pro-
     tects from	old versions of	files accidentally  being  picked
     up	 from  the  paths, it makes it impossible to override the
     visu default settings for X resources, bitmaps and	the like.
     To	 counter  this,	 for those users that require an override
     capability, three "extended" path environment variables  are
     understood	by visu:

     SW_VISU_XFILESEARCHPATH
	  This	 is   prepended	   to	 XFILESEARCHPATH    after
	  $VISUROOT/lib/locale/$LANG/app-defaults is prepended.

     SW_VISU_XBMLANGPATH
	  This	  is	prepended    to	    XBMLANGPATH	    after
	  $VISUROOT/bitmaps is prepended.

     SW_VISU_XNLSPATH
	  This is prepended to XNLSPATH	after  $VISUROOT/nls  (or
	  whatever  alternative	 was  configured  at installation
	  time)	is prepended.

     By	default	visu utilises a	set of	icons  that  use  minimal
     color  and	 render	 satisfactorily	 on a monochrome display.
     However, if you have a color display and would like  to  use
     the  full	color icons then these can be switched on by set-
     ting the environment variable SW_VISU_ICONS to "color_icons"
     (the  default is "bitmaps").  Conversely, if you want to see
     the default  set  of  built-in  monochrome	 icons	then  set
     SW_VISU_ICONS to "default".

FILES

     $VISUROOT - base installation directory
     $VISUROOT/bitmaps - standard bitmaps
     $VISUROOT/color_icons - full color	icon bitmaps
     $VISUROOT/lib/locale/$LANG/app-defaults - X resource files
     $VISUROOT/bin - executable	binary directory (add to PATH)
     $VISUROOT/demos - demonstration programs, etc

AUTHOR

     Imperial Software Technology Ltd.