| Now that you have completed this chapter,
you should have a firm understanding of the following:
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is
a standard graphical user interface for the UNIX platform that comes
with several built-in productivity applications such as the Mail Tool
and Calendar Manager. Several others are also included such as Voice and
Text Notes, an Address Manager, a Calculator and Clock. You also have
the capability of opening up a Terminal Window at any time to access the
command line.
The Mail Tool is a graphical Email
application that can perform all normal Email functions. It allows for
viewing Email and attachments, composing new Email with attachments
and deleting old messages. Received messages may be saved and managed
by filing them in alternate mailboxes.
The Calendar Manager is a powerful
networked graphical Schedule and appointment management tool. You can
view your calendar in several formats by clicking on icons. You can
add new appointments and find existing ones. There are many options
that can be set with the calendar. Your calendar can be shared with
others, and you can make appointments on other people's calendars if
they have given you permission to do so.
There are many other graphical
applications that are built into the CDE. The ones we focused on in this
chapter include: Voice and Text Notes, Address Manager, Calculator and
Clock.
You can open a Terminal Window from the
CDE which starts a new shell. You have a command line available in the
Terminal Window which allows you to enter commands and run command
line utilities.
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