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><A
NAME="USAGE"
>Using Gw</A
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>   <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw</TT
> can be
   used to monitor users on your system, and to communicate with them.
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>Basic usage</A
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>    Starting <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw</TT
> opens 
    the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Main window</SPAN
>, shown in <A
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>Figure 1</A
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><B
>Figure 1. Gw Main Window</B
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>
    
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>On launch, <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw</TT
> displays a
      listing of all users.</P
><P
>To update the data, click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Update
      Information</B
> button.</P
><P
>The data displayed includes:
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><TT
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><B
>USER</B
></TT
> &#8212; user's login
	    name.</P
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><P
><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>TTY</B
></TT
> &#8212; the terminal the
	    user is connected through.</P
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><P
><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>FROM</B
></TT
> &#8212; The remote host
	    from which the user logged in, or the X display terminal
	    if the user is local.</P
></LI
><LI
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><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>LOGIN@</B
></TT
> &#8212; The time the
	    user logged in.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>IDLE</B
></TT
> &#8212; The amount of idle
	    CPU time associated with that login.</P
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><LI
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><TT
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><B
>JCPU</B
></TT
> &#8212; The CPU time used by
	    all processes associated with the login.</P
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><TT
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><B
>PCPU</B
></TT
> &#8212; The CPU time
	    associated with the process listed in the
	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>WHAT</B
></TT
> field.</P
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><TT
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>WHAT</B
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> &#8212; The command
	    currently being executed by the user.</P
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>     <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw</TT
> does not update its statistics
     automatically. You must click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Update
     Information</B
> to have the program display the latest
     information.
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><A
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>Menus</A
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><P
>    The menu bar, located at the top of the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Main
    Window</SPAN
>, contains the following menus:
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><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>File</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>       This menu contains:
       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Save</B
> (<B
CLASS="SHORTCUT"
><SPAN
CLASS="KEYSYM"
>Alt-S</SPAN
></B
>), which currently does nothing, 
       and
       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Quit</B
> (<B
CLASS="SHORTCUT"
><SPAN
CLASS="KEYSYM"
>Ctrl-Q</SPAN
></B
>)
       which exits the program.
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><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Settings</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>       This menu contains:
     
<A
HREF="prefs.html"
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Preferences</B
> (<B
CLASS="SHORTCUT"
><SPAN
CLASS="KEYSYM"
>Ctrl-P</SPAN
></B
>)</A
>
           which opens a dialog box allowing you to set
           up a menu executing other commands, such as
           <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>talk</TT
>,  through
           <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw's</TT
> interface to communicate
           with others users on the machine.
         </P
></DD
><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Help</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>       This menu contains:
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><LI
><P
>          <B
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>Help</B
> &#8212;
          shows this manual.
         </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>          <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>About</B
> &#8212; shows
          basic information about
          <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gw</TT
>, such as
          the author's name and the application version number.
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