Be OS 45 Users Guide

OPERATING SYSTEM 4 . LEASE; User’s Guide BeOS User's Guide Release 4 and 4.5 BeOS Release 4 and 4.5 BeOS User’s Guide copyright © 1998 Be, Inc. ®. All rights reserved. BeOS Release 4 copyright © 1990-1998 Be, Inc. All rights reserved. BeOS Release 4.5 copyright © 1999 Be, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted—in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Be, Inc. The contents of this book are furnished for informational use only; they are subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Be, Inc. Be, Inc. has tried to make the information in this book as accurate and reliable as possible, but assumes no liability for errors or omissions. Be, Inc., will from time to time revise the software described in this book and reserves the right to make such changes without notification. The software is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license. Be and BeOS are registered trademarks and BeBox, GeekPort, and BeWare and BeDepot.com are trademarks of Be, Inc. BeDepot.com is a service mark of Be, Inc. Intel, Intel Inside, Pentium, the Intel logo, the Intel Inside logo, and the Pentium Processor logo are registered trademarks of Intel. 1386, i486, Intel386, Intel486, and the MMX logo are trademarks of Intel. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks and Apple Desktop Bus, Mac, MacOS, QuickTime, and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Bitstream and 4 inl/TrueDoc (Printing System) are registered trademarks of Bitstream Font Technology Solutions, Bitstream Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines. Metrowerks is a registered trademark and CodeWarrior is a trademark of Metrowerks, Inc. NetPositive is a trademark of Be, Inc., and contains security software licensed from RSA Data Security, Inc. PartitionMagic is a registered trademark of PowerQuest Corp. PowerCenter, PowerTower, and PowerWave are trademarks of Power Computing Corporation. UMAX, the UMAX logo, and SuperMac S900 are trademarks of UMAX Computer Corporation. SuperMac is a registered trademark of Radius Inc., used under license by UMAX Computer Corporation. OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. ProFont courtesy of Andrew Welch, Stephen C. Gilardi and Carl R.Osterwald. Be, Incorporated 800 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 http: //www .be.com June 1999 Part number: 10145 Be Incorporated License Agreement o READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING THE BEOS. BY INSTALLING THE BEOS YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS LICENSE, THAT YOU ARE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND THAT IT IS THE ONLY AGREEMENT BETWEEN US REGARDING THE PROGRAM AND DOCUMENTATION. INSTALLING THE BEOS INDICAT…