| Task |
Program/Command |
| Find help on a command |
man- bring up manual page for command
HP dthelp- Desktop help. Found on dropdown menu.
HP Reference- Extensive HP manual system. Found on dropdown menu.
|
| Read mail |
elm - command line based email program
pine - command line based email program
dtmail - accessed by clicking on mailbox icon in toolbar. Can handle
attached files.
|
| Text editing |
nedit - GUI based editor, powerful, easy to use
dtpad - GUI based editor, easy to use
vi - command based editor, very powerful, learning curve
emacs - command based editor, very powerful, learning curve
|
| Compile source code |
f77 - FORTRAN compiler
f90 - FORTRAN compiler
cc - C compiler
CC - C++ compiler
aCC - C++ compiler
|
| Drawing programs |
xfig
illustrator - SGI only. Professional drawing software |
| Image manipulation & format conversion |
gimp - HP-UX only. Powerful image editing program similar to Photoshop
xpaint - HP-UX only. Can access GIF, JPG, BMP, TIFF files
xv - HP-UX only. Simple to use, limited functions.
photoshop - SGI only. Professional image editing program.
|
| Scanning |
xvscan - only available on strato |
| Connect to remote computer |
ssh - secure connection to remote system. no need for xhost
rlogin - remote login to system. need to use xhost
telnet - connection to remote system.
ftp - File Transfer Protocol. For transferring files to/from remote
system
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