May 92                          README file for the 1-2-3 Motif Interface

CUSTOMIZING THE 1-2-3 ENVIRONMENT

In order to ease modifying your 1-2-3 user environment, we have
provided the source of the file which specifies the application
defaults for 1-2-3.  The source file is located in the installed
lotus subtree 123.v12/bin/PASTEL.M.  The "C" pre-processor is used to
facilitate macro references to various parameters.  After editing
the "pastel" file, it can be converted into the form and placement
that will make 1-2-3 take advantage of it the next time it is run. 
The conversion is effected as follows:

    root# cd /usr/lotus/123.v12/${ARCH}/bin
    root# cp PASTEL.M PASTEL.M.new
    root# vi PASTEL.M.new
        (Make some appropriate changes.)
    root# /usr/lib/cpp -P  PASTEL.M.new > 1-2-3

To restore the old set of application defaults, simply use the
following procedure:

    root# cd /usr/lotus/123.v12/${ARCH}/bin
    root# /usr/lib/cpp -P  PASTEL.M > 1-2-3

A few things you should keep in mind: 

	1) You may address issues specific to a display or keyboard
type (sun, ibm, dec, or hp) by using the name "1-2-3-<display
type>".  

	2) It is generally valid to change only colors or fonts. 
Look for #define statments which may assist you.  If you elect to
change fonts PLEASE read the comment in the original PASTEL.M file
about international issues.  Use only fixed width fonts.

	3) Any change may cause the product to crash, hang, or
malfunction.  The above guidelines have no warranty of reliability
or usefulness and the product has not been tested under any
conditions except the delivered ones.  

	4) The file you will produce - 1-2-3 - is an ordinary X
windows application defaults file.  The instructions contained in
this README file together with the comments in the PASTEL.M file do
not provide complete documentation on application defaults files. 
Consult O'Reilly Volume 3 Chapter 10, or a similar resource.  

