XOPPS(1) MGDS V20.1 / OEL 1.8 XOPPS(1)
MCA Subsystem MCA Subsystem
1 February 1995
NAME
xopps - represents an application-specific editor with its commands
and functions tailored to scheduling activities on a timeline display.
SYNOPSIS
xopps
DESCRIPTION
xopps is an interactive window-based editing tool for planning and
scheduling project tasks. It represents an application-specific
editor with its commands and functions tailored to scheduling
activities on a timeline display. The editor also provides the user
with the ability to obtain a laser printout of the schedule. xopps is
an X windows application that runs under the Motif Window Manager.
Once invoked, it is menu/mouse driven. To bring up the file menu,
press and hold down the left mouse button while positioning the cursor
over the word File on the menu bar. Then move the mouse to position
the cursor over the desired action and release the mouse button. The
file menu options are:
New Clear the drawing area and create a new file.
Open... Load a file into the editor.
Save Save under the current file name.
Save As... Save the file with a new name.
Print... Output the schedule to the laser printer or to a PostScript
file.
Export Graphics...
Save the schedule as a Macintosh PICT and/or Windows META
file.
Exit Exit the application. The Options menu controls how the
daily schedule is viewed. To bring up the Options menu,
press and hold down the left mouse button over the word
Options on the menu bar. Then move the cursor over the
desired action and release the button. The Options menu
offers these choices:
Set Dates Displays a popup that enables you to change the layout of
the chart start, end, and status dates.
Renumber Toggles whether to automatically renumber the horizontal
lines when changes are made to the lines. The toggle value
will change when the mouse is released over this option.
- 1 - Formatted: December 14, 2025
XOPPS(1) MGDS V20.1 / OEL 1.8 XOPPS(1)
MCA Subsystem MCA Subsystem
1 February 1995
Plot Setup Displays a popup that permits you to change the layout of
the chart. You can change the number of lines per page,
the number of pages in the schedule, and the type of lines.
Snap Events
Toggles whether to allow event objects to move only on the
y axis.
Snap Text Toggles whether to allow text objects to move only on the y
axis.
Display DOY
If this toggle is on, the UTC day of year will appear along
the bottom of the chart.
Display ID If this toggle is on, the ID texts will be displayed with
the objects.
Page Forward
Moves the chart one page forward in the schedule, if the
page exists.
Page Backward
Moves the chart one page backward in the schedule, if the
page exists. Menu options also exist for editing the XOPPS
file. This second menu is a popup menu and is located in
the drawing area. To bring up the drawing area menu,
position the cursor inside the drawing area and hold down
the right mouse button. Move the cursor over the desired
action and release the button. The drawing area popup menu
options offers these options:
Copy Copies the current object.
Event to Slip
Copies all of the attributes of the event object into a
slip object's attributes. Used to convert an event object
to a slip object.
Edit Edit the current object.
Delete Delete the current object.
Delete Pline
Delete the current precedence line.
Add... When the cursor is placed over the Add button, a submenu
will appear that contains the objects that may be added.
Note that some objects cannot be added to every region of
- 2 - Formatted: December 14, 2025
XOPPS(1) MGDS V20.1 / OEL 1.8 XOPPS(1)
MCA Subsystem MCA Subsystem
1 February 1995
the drawing area.
Activity
Simple Adds an object that represents an activity with no
baseline object or ramps.
Complex Adds an object that represents an activity
associated with a start and end time. The
activity might also have a percent complete date
as well as a baseline object and ramp up and down
dates.
Chart Date
Adds an object that represents the start and end dates
of the chart.
Event Adds an object that represents an event associated with
one time.
Image Adds an object that displays a bitmap image.
Level Adds an object that represents the level the objects
are on.
Page Adds an object that represents the current page value.
Sequence Adds an object that represents a sequence in the
schedule.
Slip Adds an object that represents a slip in the schedule.
Status Adds an object that represents the status date of the
file.
Symbol Adds an object that represents a symbolic marker.
Text Adds an object that displays text. The drawing area
also contains a pulldown menu for the horizontal lines.
This menu is located in the left-hand region, before
the chart items begin. To bring up the horizontal line
menu, position the cursor inside this region and hold
down the right mouse button. Move the cursor over the
desired action and release the button. The horizontal
line menu offers these options:
Edit Hline Edits the horizontal line object.
Delete Hline
- 3 - Formatted: December 14, 2025
XOPPS(1) MGDS V20.1 / OEL 1.8 XOPPS(1)
MCA Subsystem MCA Subsystem
1 February 1995
Deletes the horizontal line object.
Insert New Line
Inserts a new horizontal line above the current horizontal
line object.
Line Display
Toggles the line display. If the toggle is on, the
horizontal line is displayed on the chart.
Number Display
Toggles the number display. If the toggle is on, the
horizontal line number is displayed on the chart. The
horizontal line area also contains an edit popup for adding
or editing the text of a horizontal line. This text widget
pops up by positioning the cursor in the left-hand region
of the chart and holding down the left mouse button. After
editing your text, press the right mouse button or the
return key to unmanage the text widget and enter the text
into the horizontal line. Pressing the left mouse button
will unmanage the text widget and cancel the edited text.
In the drawing area, precedence lines can also be drawn
between objects. A precedence line can be drawn between
any dated object -- i.e., activities, events, sequences,
and slips -- to show any kind of dependency. To add a
precedence line, position the cursor over one of the
objects and press the left button. While holding down the
left mouse button, drag the cursor to the second object and
release the mouse button. You will see a jogged line being
drawn between the first object and the cursor location as
the mouse is dragged. When the button is released over the
second object, a dotted precedence line will be drawn
between the two objects, with a jog at the center. If
either of the two objects is moved, the precedence line
will move with it. If either of the two objects is
deleted, the precedence line will also be deleted. To
delete a precedence line, position the cursor over the
precedence line and press the right mouse button. The
Delete Pline option should appear on the operations menu.
FILES
*.xopps A data file that defines an XOPPS file.
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XOpps
The resource file required for this application to
function properly.
RESOURCES
The name of the application is xopps and its class is XOpps. Some of
- 4 - Formatted: December 14, 2025
XOPPS(1) MGDS V20.1 / OEL 1.8 XOPPS(1)
MCA Subsystem MCA Subsystem
1 February 1995
the resources that you may wish to customize in your .Xdefaults file
are shown below. These should generally be preceded by the
application name (e.g., "xopps*maxWidth").
*drawingArea.background
The background color of the XOpps image.
*drawingArea.foreground
The foreground color of the XOpps image.
*swindow.width A good way to set the startup width of the tool.
*swindow.height A good way to set the startup height of the tool.
.maxWidth Should be set so that you can't resize the tool
beyond useful size.
.maxHeight Should be set so that you can't resize the tool
beyond useful size.
.res_font Should be set to the desired default font, e.g.,
Courier.
.res_point Should be set to the desired default point size,
e.g., 10.
.week_monday Should be set to TRUE to display weeks by Mondays,
or FALSE to display weeks by the 1st of the month.
ENVIRONMENT
LASERPRINTER This is the name of the default PostScript printer.
IMAGE_DIRECTORY The xopps editor permits the user to place bitmap
images on the display. After first checking the
default directory, this directory is checked for
bitmap files.
HELPPATH The xopps editor contains on-line help. This
environment variable should be set to the directory
containing the xopps.info file to read the help.
PATH This is the standard environment variable used to tell
the program where to look for executables. The
directory containing the xopps editor must be appended
to the path.
BUGS
No known bugs.
- 5 - Formatted: December 14, 2025
