TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF231 - Numlock ALT-TAB fix for mwm
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300170
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PTF231

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

This file contains PTF231 - Numlock ALT-TAB fix for mwm.  This patch 
provides a new 'mwm' program that is able to ignore the status of the 
NUMLOCK key. Previous versions of 'mwm' didn't allow switching windows 
with the ALT-TAB key sequence when the NUMLOCK key was on.

SYMPTOM


SOLUTION

Apply the ptf231 file.


Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf231.Z and ptf231.txt files to the /tmp directory  
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the
    instuctions to add the packages to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/ptf231.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf231 ptf231

Solution Specifics

General Description
-------------------
These release notes acquaint you with the contents of the PTF231 
patch for UnixWare.  This patch provides a new 'mwm' program that 
is able to ignore the status of the NUMLOCK key.  Previous versions 
of 'mwm' didn't allow switching windows with the ALT-TAB key sequence 
when the NUMLOCK key was on.

New Features
------------
The new version of 'mwm' in PTF231 will allow users to switch the current
window using by pressing the ALT and TAB keys simultaneously with the 
NUMLOCK key on.  

Software Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
The 'mrun' (Motif Runtime Package) must be installed before ptf231 may be
installed.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
     None

Installation instructions
-------------------------
Place the diskette in the drive, and at the shell prompt type

          pkgadd -d diskette1

     Or use the desktop installation procedure.

Troubleshooting
---------------
To test that the new 'mwm' program is correctly installed,
     
          - Make 'mwm' the window manager for a desktop user by
            editing "$HOME/.olinitrc".

          - Log in as the 'mwm' desktop user.  You should see
            the 'mwm' hourglass symbol as well as the standard
            clock symbol as the desktop is starting.

          - Open a window

          - Press the NUMLOCK key.

          - Press ALT-TAB

     If the current (top) window switches with each press of ALT-TAB,
     the new version of 'mwm' installed correctly.

     If ALT-TAB manipulation does not work with the NUMLOCK key,
     make sure there are no lines of the form:

          *ignoreNumLock: false

     In the users X defaults file ("$HOME/.Xdefaults").  If there is
     such a line, change the 'false' to 'true' and re-test as above.