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- .TH X __miscmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
- .SH NAME
- X \- a portable, network-transparent window system
- .SH OVERVIEW
- .PP
- The X Window System is a network transparent window system which runs
- on a wide range of computing and graphics machines. It should be
- relatively straightforward to build the X.Org Foundation software
- distribution on most ANSI C and POSIX compliant systems. Commercial
- implementations are also available for a wide range of platforms.
- .PP
- The X.Org Foundation requests that the following names be used when
- referring to this software:
- .sp
- .TS
- center;
- c.
- X
- X Window System
- X Version 11
- X Window System, Version 11
- X11
- .TE
- .sp
- .I "X Window System"
- is a trademark of The Open Group.
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- X Window System servers run on computers with bitmap displays.
- The server distributes user input to and accepts output requests from various
- client programs through a variety of different interprocess
- communication channels. Although the most common case is for the client
- programs to be
- running on the same machine as the server, clients can be run transparently
- from other machines (including machines with different architectures and
- operating systems) as well.
- .PP
- X supports overlapping hierarchical subwindows and text and
- graphics operations, on both monochrome and color
- displays.
- For a full explanation of the functions that are available, see
- the \fIXlib - C Language X Interface\fP manual,
- the \fIX Window System Protocol\fP specification,
- the \fIX Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface\fP manual,
- and various toolkit documents.
- .PP
- The number of programs that use \fIX\fP is quite large.
- Programs provided in the core X.Org Foundation distribution include:
- a terminal emulator, \fIxterm\fP;
- a window manager, \fItwm\fP;
- a display manager, \fIxdm\fP;
- a console redirect program, \fIxconsole\fP;
- a bitmap editor, \fIbitmap\fP;
- resource listing/manipulation tools, \fIappres\fP, \fIeditres\fP;
- access control programs, \fIxauth\fP, \fIxhost\fP, and \fIiceauth\fP;
- user preference setting programs, \fIxrdb\fP, \fIxcmsdb\fP,
- \fIxset\fP, \fIxsetroot\fP, \fIxstdcmap\fP, and \fIxmodmap\fP;
- clocks, \fIxclock\fP and \fIoclock\fP;
- a font displayer, \fIxfd\fP;
- utilities for listing information about fonts, windows, and displays,
- \fIxlsfonts\fP, \fIxwininfo\fP, \fIxlsclients\fP,
- \fIxdpyinfo\fP, \fIxlsatoms\fP, and \fIxprop\fP;
- screen image manipulation utilities, \fIxwd\fP, \fIxwud\fP, and \fIxmag\fP;
- a performance measurement utility, \fIx11perf\fP;
- a font compiler, \fIbdftopcf\fP;
- a font server and related utilities, \fIxfs\fP, \fIfsinfo\fP, \fIfslsfonts\fP, \fIfstobdf\fP;
- a display server and related utilities, \fIXserver\fP, \fIrgb\fP, \fImkfontdir\fP;
- a clipboard manager, \fIxclipboard\fP;
- keyboard description compiler and related utilities, \fIxkbcomp\fP, \fIsetxkbmap\fP
- \fIxkbprint\fP, \fIxkbbell\fP, \fIxkbevd\fP, \fIxkbvleds\fP, and \fIxkbwatch\fP;
- a utility to terminate clients, \fIxkill\fP;
- a firewall security proxy, \fIxfwp\fP;
- and a utility to cause part or all of the screen to be redrawn, \fIxrefresh\fP.
- .PP
- Many other utilities, window managers, games, toolkits, etc. are included
- as user-contributed software in the X.Org Foundation distribution, or are
- available on the Internet.
- See your site administrator for details.
- .SH "STARTING UP"
- .PP
- There are two main ways of getting the X server and an initial set of
- client applications started. The particular method used depends on what
- operating system you are running and whether or not you use other window
- systems in addition to X.
- .TP 8
- .B "Display Manager"
- If you want to always have X running on your display, your site administrator
- can set your machine up to use a Display Manager such as \fIxdm\fP, \fIgdm\fP,
- or \fIkdm\fP. This program
- is typically started by the system at boot time and takes care of keeping the
- server running and getting users logged in. If you are running one of these
- display managers, you will normally see a window on the screen welcoming you
- to the system and asking for your login information. Simply type them in as
- you would at a normal terminal. If you make a mistake, the display manager
- will display an error message and ask you to try again. After you
- have successfully logged in, the display manager will start up your X
- environment. The documentation for the display manager you use can provide
- more details.
- .TP 8
- .B "\fIxinit\fP (run manually from the shell)"
- Sites that support more than one window system might choose to use the
- \fIxinit\fP program for starting X manually. If this is true for your
- machine, your site administrator will probably have provided a program
- named "x11", "startx", or "xstart" that will do site-specific initialization
- (such as loading convenient default resources, running a window manager,
- displaying a clock, and starting several terminal emulators) in a nice
- way. If not, you can build such a script using the \fIxinit\fP program.
- This utility simply runs one user-specified program to start the server,
- runs another to start up any desired clients, and then waits for either to
- finish. Since either or both of the user-specified programs may be a shell
- script, this gives substantial flexibility at the expense of a
- nice interface. For this reason, \fIxinit\fP is not intended for end users.
- .SH "DISPLAY NAMES"
- .PP
- From the user's perspective, every X server has a \fIdisplay name\fP of the
- form:
- .sp
- .RS
- \fIhostname:displaynumber.screennumber\fP
- .RE
- .sp
- This information is used by the application to determine how it should
- connect to the server and which screen it should use by default
- (on displays with multiple monitors):
- .TP 8
- .I hostname
- The \fIhostname\fP specifies the name of the machine to which the display is
- physically connected. If the hostname is not given, the most efficient way of
- communicating to a server on the same machine will be used.
- .TP 8
- .I displaynumber
- The phrase "display" is usually used to refer to a collection of monitors that
- share a common set of input devices (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc.).
- Most workstations tend to only have one display. Larger, multi-user
- systems, however, frequently have several displays so that more than
- one person can be doing graphics work at once. To avoid confusion, each
- display on a machine is assigned a \fIdisplay number\fP (beginning at 0)
- when the X server for that display is started. The display number must always
- be given in a display name.
- .TP 8
- .I screennumber
- Some displays share their input devices among two or more monitors.
- These may be configured as a single logical screen, which allows windows to
- move across screens, or as individual screens, each with their own set of
- windows. If configured such that each monitor has its own set of windows,
- each screen is assigned a
- \fIscreen number\fP (beginning at 0) when the X server for that display is
- started. If the screen number is not given, screen 0 will be used.
- .PP
- On POSIX systems, the default display name is stored
- in your DISPLAY environment variable. This variable is set automatically
- by the \fIxterm\fP terminal emulator. However, when you log into another
- machine on a network, you may need to set DISPLAY by hand to point to your
- display. For example,
- .PP
- .nf
- % setenv DISPLAY myws:0
- $ DISPLAY=myws:0; export DISPLAY
- .fi
- .PP
- The \fIssh\fP program can be used to start an X program on a remote machine;
- it automatically sets the DISPLAY variable correctly.
- .PP
- Finally, most X programs accept a command line option of
- \fB\-display \fIdisplayname\fR to temporarily override the contents of
- DISPLAY. This is most commonly used to pop windows on another person's
- screen or as part of a "remote shell" command to start an xterm pointing back
- to your display. For example,
- .sp
- .nf
- % xeyes \-display joesws:0 \-geometry 1000x1000+0+0
- % rsh big xterm \-display myws:0 \-ls </dev/null &
- .fi
- .PP
- X servers listen for connections on a variety of different
- communications channels (network byte streams, shared memory, etc.).
- Since there can be more than one way of contacting a given server,
- The \fIhostname\fP part of the display name is used to determine the
- type of channel
- (also called a transport layer) to be used. X servers generally
- support the following types of connections:
- .TP 8
- .I "local"
- .br
- The hostname part of the display name should be the empty string.
- For example: \fI:0\fP, \fI:1\fP, and \fI:0.1\fP. The most efficient
- local transport will be chosen.
- .TP 8
- .I TCP\/IP
- .br
- The hostname part of the display name should be the server machine's
- hostname or IP address. Full Internet names, abbreviated names, IPv4
- addresses, and IPv6 addresses are all allowed. For example:
- \fIx.org:0\fP, \fIexpo:0\fP, \fI[::1]:0\fP,
- \fI198.112.45.11:0\fP, \fIbigmachine:1\fP, and \fIhydra:0.1\fP.
- .PP
- .SH "ACCESS CONTROL"
- An X server can use several types of access control. Mechanisms provided
- in Release 7 are:
- .TS
- l l.
- Host Access Simple host-based access control.
- MIT\-MAGIC\-COOKIE\-1 Shared plain-text "cookies".
- XDM\-AUTHORIZATION\-1 Secure DES based private-keys.
- SUN\-DES\-1 Based on Sun's secure rpc system.
- Server Interpreted Server-dependent methods of access control
- .TE
- .PP
- \fIXdm\fP initializes access control for the server and also places
- authorization information in a file accessible to the user.
- .PP
- Normally, the list of hosts from
- which connections are always accepted should be empty, so that only clients
- with are explicitly authorized can connect to the display. When you add
- entries to the host list (with \fIxhost\fP), the server no longer performs any
- authorization on connections from those machines. Be careful with this.
- .PP
- The file from which \fIXlib\fP extracts authorization data can be
- specified with the environment variable \fBXAUTHORITY\fP, and defaults to
- the file \fB.Xauthority\fP in the home directory. \fIXdm\fP uses
- \fB$HOME/.Xauthority\fP and will create it or merge in authorization records
- if it already exists when a user logs in.
- .PP
- If you use several machines and share a common home directory
- across all of the machines by means of a network file system,
- you never really have to worry about authorization files,
- the system should work correctly by default.
- Otherwise, as the authorization files are machine-independent,
- you can simply copy the files to share them.
- To manage authorization files, use \fIxauth\fP.
- This program allows you to extract
- records and insert them into other files. Using this, you can send
- authorization to remote machines when you login,
- if the remote machine does not share a common home directory with
- your local machine.
- Note that authorization information transmitted
- ``in the clear'' through a network file system or
- using \fIftp\fP or \fIrcp\fP can be ``stolen''
- by a network eavesdropper, and as such may enable unauthorized access.
- In many environments, this level of security is not a concern, but if it is,
- you need to know the exact semantics of the particular authorization
- data to know if this is actually a problem.
- .PP
- For more information on access control, see the
- \fIXsecurity\fP(__miscmansuffix__) manual page.
- .SH "GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS"
- One of the advantages of using window systems instead of
- hardwired terminals is that
- applications don't have to be restricted to a particular size or location
- on the screen.
- Although the layout of windows on a display is controlled
- by the window manager that the user is running (described below),
- most X programs accept
- a command line argument of the form \fB\-geometry \fIWIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF\fR
- (where \fIWIDTH\fP, \fIHEIGHT\fP, \fIXOFF\fP, and \fIYOFF\fP are numbers)
- for specifying a preferred size and location for this application's main
- window.
- .PP
- The \fIWIDTH\fP and \fIHEIGHT\fP parts of the geometry specification are
- usually measured in either pixels or characters, depending on the application.
- The \fIXOFF\fP and \fIYOFF\fP parts are measured in pixels and are used to
- specify the distance of the window from the left or right and top and bottom
- edges of the screen, respectively. Both types of offsets are measured from the
- indicated edge of the screen to the corresponding edge of the window. The X
- offset may be specified in the following ways:
- .TP 8
- .I +XOFF
- The left edge of the window is to be placed \fIXOFF\fP pixels in from the
- left edge of the screen (i.e., the X coordinate of the window's origin will be
- \fIXOFF\fP). \fIXOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the window's left edge
- will be off the screen.
- .TP 8
- .I \-XOFF
- The right edge of the window is to be placed \fIXOFF\fP pixels in from the
- right edge of the screen. \fIXOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the
- window's right edge will be off the screen.
- .PP
- The Y offset has similar meanings:
- .TP 8
- .I +YOFF
- The top edge of the window is to be \fIYOFF\fP pixels below the
- top edge of the screen (i.e., the Y coordinate of the window's origin will be
- \fIYOFF\fP). \fIYOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the window's top edge
- will be off the screen.
- .TP 8
- .I \-YOFF
- The bottom edge of the window is to be \fIYOFF\fP pixels above the
- bottom edge of the screen. \fIYOFF\fP may be negative, in which case
- the window's bottom edge will be off the screen.
- .PP
- Offsets must be given as pairs; in other words, in order to specify either
- \fIXOFF\fP or \fIYOFF\fP both must be present. Windows can be placed in the
- four corners of the screen using the following specifications:
- .TP 8
- .I +0+0
- upper left hand corner.
- .TP 8
- .I \-0+0
- upper right hand corner.
- .TP 8
- .I \-0\-0
- lower right hand corner.
- .TP 8
- .I +0\-0
- lower left hand corner.
- .PP
- In the following examples, a terminal emulator is placed in roughly
- the center of the screen and
- a load average monitor, mailbox, and clock are placed in the upper right
- hand corner:
- .sp
- .nf
- xterm \-fn 6x10 \-geometry 80x24+30+200 &
- xclock \-geometry 48x48\-0+0 &
- xload \-geometry 48x48\-96+0 &
- xbiff \-geometry 48x48\-48+0 &
- .fi
- .PP
- .SH "WINDOW MANAGERS"
- The layout of windows on the screen is controlled by special programs called
- \fIwindow managers\fP. Although many window managers will honor geometry
- specifications as given, others may choose to ignore them (requiring the user
- to explicitly draw the window's region on the screen with the pointer, for
- example).
- .PP
- Since window managers are regular (albeit complex) client programs,
- a variety of different user interfaces can be built. The X.Org Foundation distribution
- comes with a window manager named \fItwm\fP which supports overlapping windows,
- popup menus, point-and-click or click-to-type input models, title bars, nice
- icons (and an icon manager for those who don't like separate icon windows).
- .PP
- See the user-contributed software in the X.Org Foundation distribution for other
- popular window managers.
- .SH "FONT NAMES"
- Collections of characters for displaying text and symbols in X are known as
- \fIfonts\fP. A font typically contains images that share a common appearance
- and look nice together (for example, a single size, boldness, slant, and
- character set). Similarly, collections of fonts that are based on a common
- type face (the variations are usually called roman, bold, italic, bold italic,
- oblique, and bold oblique) are called \fIfamilies\fP.
- .PP
- Fonts come in various sizes. The X server supports \fIscalable\fP fonts,
- meaning it is possible to create a font of arbitrary size from a single
- source for the font. The server supports scaling from \fIoutline\fP
- fonts and \fIbitmap\fP fonts. Scaling from outline fonts usually produces
- significantly better results than scaling from bitmap fonts.
- .PP
- An X server can obtain fonts from individual files stored in directories
- in the file system, or from one or more font servers,
- or from a mixtures of directories and font servers.
- The list of places the server looks when trying to find
- a font is controlled by its \fIfont path\fP. Although most installations
- will choose to have the server start up with all of the commonly used font
- directories in the font path, the font path can be changed at any time
- with the \fIxset\fP program.
- However, it is important to remember that the directory names are
- on the \fBserver\fP's machine, not on the application's.
- .PP
- Bitmap font files are usually created by compiling a textual font description
- into binary form, using \fIbdftopcf\fP.
- Font databases are created by running the \fImkfontdir\fP program in the
- directory containing the source or compiled versions of the fonts.
- Whenever fonts are added to a directory, \fImkfontdir\fP should be rerun
- so that the server can find the new fonts. To make the server reread the
- font database, reset the font path with the \fIxset\fP program. For example,
- to add a font to a private directory, the following commands could be used:
- .sp
- .nf
- % cp newfont.pcf ~/myfonts
- % mkfontdir ~/myfonts
- % xset fp rehash
- .fi
- .PP
- The \fIxfontsel\fP and \fIxlsfonts\fP programs can be used to browse
- through the fonts available on a server.
- Font names tend to be fairly long as they contain all of the information
- needed to uniquely identify individual fonts. However, the X server
- supports wildcarding of font names, so the full specification
- .sp
- .nf
- \fI\-adobe\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-10\-100\-75\-75\-m\-60\-iso8859\-1\fP
- .fi
- .sp
- might be abbreviated as:
- .sp
- .nf
- \fI\-*\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-*\-100\-*\-*\-*\-*\-iso8859\-1\fP
- .fi
- .PP
- Because the shell also has special meanings for \fI*\fP and \fI?\fP,
- wildcarded font names should be quoted:
- .sp
- .nf
- % xlsfonts \-fn '\-*\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-*\-100\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*'
- .fi
- .PP
- The \fIxlsfonts\fP program can be used to list all of the fonts that
- match a given pattern. With no arguments, it lists all available fonts.
- This will usually list the same font at many different sizes. To see
- just the base scalable font names, try using one of the following patterns:
- .sp
- .nf
- \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-0\-0\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
- \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-75\-75\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
- \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-100\-100\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
- .fi
- .PP
- To convert one of the resulting names into a font at a specific size,
- replace one of the first two zeros with a nonzero value.
- The field containing the first zero is for the pixel size; replace it
- with a specific height in pixels to name a font at that size.
- Alternatively, the field containing the second zero is for the point size;
- replace it with a specific size in decipoints (there are 722.7 decipoints to
- the inch) to name a font at that size.
- The last zero is an average width field, measured in tenths of pixels;
- some servers will anamorphically scale if this value is specified.
- .SH "FONT SERVER NAMES"
- One of the following forms can be used to name a font server that
- accepts TCP connections:
- .sp
- .nf
- tcp/\fIhostname\fP:\fIport\fP
- tcp/\fIhostname\fP:\fIport\fP/\fIcataloguelist\fP
- .fi
- .PP
- The \fIhostname\fP specifies the name (or decimal numeric address)
- of the machine on which the font server is running. The \fIport\fP
- is the decimal TCP port on which the font server is listening for connections.
- The \fIcataloguelist\fP specifies a list of catalogue names,
- with '+' as a separator.
- .PP
- Examples: \fItcp/x.org:7100\fP, \fItcp/198.112.45.11:7100/all\fP.
- .SH "COLOR NAMES"
- Most applications provide ways of tailoring (usually through resources or
- command line arguments) the colors of various elements
- in the text and graphics they display.
- A color can be specified either by an abstract color name,
- or by a numerical color specification.
- The numerical specification can identify a color in either
- device-dependent (RGB) or device-independent terms.
- Color strings are case-insensitive.
- .PP
- X supports the use of abstract color names, for example, "red", "blue".
- A value for this abstract name is obtained by searching one or more color
- name databases.
- \fIXlib\fP first searches zero or more client-side databases;
- the number, location, and content of these databases is
- implementation dependent.
- If the name is not found, the color is looked up in the
- X server's database.
- The text form of this database is commonly stored in the file
- \fI\__datadir__/X11/rgb.txt\fP.
- .PP
- A numerical color specification
- consists of a color space name and a set of values in the following syntax:
- .sp
- .nf
- \fI<color_space_name>\fP:\fI<value>/.../<value>\fP
- .fi
- .PP
- An RGB Device specification is identified by
- the prefix "rgb:" and has the following syntax:
- .sp
- .nf
- rgb:\fI<red>/<green>/<blue>\fP
- \fI<red>\fP, \fI<green>\fP, \fI<blue>\fP := \fIh\fP | \fIhh\fP | \fIhhh\fP | \fIhhhh\fP
- \fIh\fP := single hexadecimal digits
- .fi
- .sp
- Note that \fIh\fP indicates the value scaled in 4 bits,
- \fIhh\fP the value scaled in 8 bits,
- \fIhhh\fP the value scaled in 12 bits,
- and \fIhhhh\fP the value scaled in 16 bits, respectively.
- These values are passed directly to the X server,
- and are assumed to be gamma corrected.
- .PP
- The eight primary colors can be represented as:
- .sp
- .TS
- center;
- l l.
- black rgb:0/0/0
- red rgb:ffff/0/0
- green rgb:0/ffff/0
- blue rgb:0/0/ffff
- yellow rgb:ffff/ffff/0
- magenta rgb:ffff/0/ffff
- cyan rgb:0/ffff/ffff
- white rgb:ffff/ffff/ffff
- .TE
- .PP
- For backward compatibility, an older syntax for RGB Device is
- supported, but its continued use is not encouraged.
- The syntax is an initial sharp sign character followed by
- a numeric specification, in one of the following formats:
- .sp
- .TS
- center;
- l l.
- #RGB (4 bits each)
- #RRGGBB (8 bits each)
- #RRRGGGBBB (12 bits each)
- #RRRRGGGGBBBB (16 bits each)
- .TE
- .PP
- The R, G, and B represent single hexadecimal digits.
- When fewer than 16 bits each are specified,
- they represent the most-significant bits of the value
- (unlike the "rgb:" syntax, in which values are scaled).
- For example, #3a7 is the same as #3000a0007000.
- .PP
- An RGB intensity specification is identified
- by the prefix "rgbi:" and has the following syntax:
- .sp
- .nf
- rgbi:\fI<red>/<green>/<blue>\fP
- .fi
- .PP
- The red, green, and blue are floating point values
- between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.
- They represent linear intensity values, with
- 1.0 indicating full intensity, 0.5 half intensity, and so on.
- These values will be gamma corrected by \fIXlib\fP
- before being sent to the X server.
- The input format for these values is an optional sign,
- a string of numbers possibly containing a decimal point,
- and an optional exponent field containing an E or e
- followed by a possibly signed integer string.
- .PP
- The standard device-independent string specifications have
- the following syntax:
- .sp
- .TS
- center;
- l l.
- CIEXYZ:\fI<X>/<Y>/<Z>\fP (\fInone\fP, 1, \fInone\fP)
- CIEuvY:\fI<u>/<v>/<Y>\fP (~.6, ~.6, 1)
- CIExyY:\fI<x>/<y>/<Y>\fP (~.75, ~.85, 1)
- CIELab:\fI<L>/<a>/<b>\fP (100, \fInone\fP, \fInone\fP)
- CIELuv:\fI<L>/<u>/<v>\fP (100, \fInone\fP, \fInone\fP)
- TekHVC:\fI<H>/<V>/<C>\fP (360, 100, 100)
- .TE
- .PP
- All of the values (C, H, V, X, Y, Z, a, b, u, v, y, x) are
- floating point values. Some of the values are constrained to
- be between zero and some upper bound; the upper bounds are
- given in parentheses above.
- The syntax for these values is an optional '+' or '\-' sign,
- a string of digits possibly containing a decimal point,
- and an optional exponent field consisting of an 'E' or 'e'
- followed by an optional '+' or '\-' followed by a string of digits.
- .PP
- For more information on device independent color,
- see the \fIXlib\fP reference manual.
- .SH KEYBOARDS
- .PP
- The X keyboard model is broken into two layers: server-specific codes
- (called \fIkeycodes\fP) which represent the physical keys, and
- server-independent symbols (called \fIkeysyms\fP) which
- represent the letters or words that appear on the keys.
- Two tables are kept in the server for converting keycodes to keysyms:
- .TP 8
- .I "modifier list"
- Some keys (such as Shift, Control, and Caps Lock) are known as \fImodifier\fP
- and are used to select different symbols that are attached to a single key
- (such as Shift-a generates a capital A, and Control-l generates a control
- character ^L). The server keeps a list of keycodes corresponding to the
- various modifier keys. Whenever a key is pressed or released, the server
- generates an \fIevent\fP that contains the keycode of the indicated key as
- well as a mask that specifies which of the modifier keys are currently pressed.
- Most servers set up this list to initially contain
- the various shift, control, and shift lock keys on the keyboard.
- .TP 8
- .I "keymap table"
- Applications translate event keycodes and modifier masks into keysyms
- using a \fIkeysym table\fP which contains one row for each keycode and one
- column for various modifier states. This table is initialized by the server
- to correspond to normal typewriter conventions. The exact semantics of
- how the table is interpreted to produce keysyms depends on the particular
- program, libraries, and language input method used, but the following
- conventions for the first four keysyms in each row are generally adhered to:
- .PP
- The first four elements of the list are split into two groups of keysyms.
- Group 1 contains the first and second keysyms;
- Group 2 contains the third and fourth keysyms.
- Within each group,
- if the first element is alphabetic and the
- the second element is the special keysym \fINoSymbol\fP,
- then the group is treated as equivalent to a group in which
- the first element is the lowercase letter and the second element
- is the uppercase letter.
- .PP
- Switching between groups is controlled by the keysym named MODE SWITCH,
- by attaching that keysym to some key and attaching
- that key to any one of the modifiers Mod1 through Mod5.
- This modifier is called the ``group modifier.''
- Group 1 is used when the group modifier is off,
- and Group 2 is used when the group modifier is on.
- .PP
- Within a group,
- the modifier state determines which keysym to use.
- The first keysym is used when the Shift and Lock modifiers are off.
- The second keysym is used when the Shift modifier is on,
- when the Lock modifier is on and the second keysym is uppercase alphabetic,
- or when the Lock modifier is on and is interpreted as ShiftLock.
- Otherwise, when the Lock modifier is on and is interpreted as CapsLock,
- the state of the Shift modifier is applied first to select a keysym;
- but if that keysym is lowercase alphabetic,
- then the corresponding uppercase keysym is used instead.
- .SH OPTIONS
- Most X programs attempt to use the same names for command line options and
- arguments. All applications written with the X Toolkit Intrinsics
- automatically accept the following options:
- .TP 8
- .B \-display \fIdisplay\fP
- This option specifies the name of the X server to use.
- .TP 8
- .B \-geometry \fIgeometry\fP
- This option specifies the initial size and location of the window.
- .TP 8
- .B \-bg \fIcolor\fP, \fB\-background \fIcolor\fP
- Either option specifies the color to use for the window background.
- .TP 8
- .B \-bd \fIcolor\fP, \fB\-bordercolor \fIcolor\fP
- Either option specifies the color to use for the window border.
- .TP 8
- .B \-bw \fInumber\fP, \fB\-borderwidth \fInumber\fP
- Either option specifies the width in pixels of the window border.
- .TP 8
- .B \-fg \fIcolor\fP, \fB\-foreground \fIcolor\fP
- Either option specifies the color to use for text or graphics.
- .TP 8
- .B \-fn \fIfont\fP, \fB\-font \fIfont\fP
- Either option specifies the font to use for displaying text.
- .TP 8
- .B \-iconic
- .br
- This option indicates that the user would prefer that the application's
- windows initially not be visible as if the windows had be immediately
- iconified by the user. Window managers may choose not to honor the
- application's request.
- .TP 8
- .B \-name
- .br
- This option specifies the name under which resources for the
- application should be found. This option is useful in shell
- aliases to distinguish between invocations of an application,
- without resorting to creating links to alter the executable file name.
- .TP 8
- .B \-rv\fP, \fB\-reverse\fP
- Either option indicates that the program should simulate reverse video if
- possible, often by swapping the foreground and background colors. Not all
- programs honor this or implement it correctly. It is usually only used on
- monochrome displays.
- .TP 8
- .B \+rv
- .br
- This option indicates that the program should not simulate reverse video.
- This is used to
- override any defaults since reverse video doesn't always work properly.
- .TP 8
- .B \-selectionTimeout
- This option specifies the timeout in milliseconds within which two
- communicating applications must respond to one another for a selection
- request.
- .TP 8
- .B \-synchronous
- This option indicates that requests to the X server should be sent
- synchronously, instead of asynchronously. Since
- .I Xlib
- normally buffers requests to the server, errors do not necessarily get reported
- immediately after they occur. This option turns off the buffering so that
- the application can be debugged. It should never be used with a working
- program.
- .TP 8
- .B \-title \fIstring\fP
- This option specifies the title to be used for this window. This information
- is sometimes
- used by a window manager to provide some sort of header identifying the window.
- .TP 8
- .B \-xnllanguage \fIlanguage[_territory][.codeset]\fP
- This option specifies the language, territory, and codeset for use in
- resolving resource and other filenames.
- .TP 8
- .B \-xrm \fIresourcestring\fP
- This option specifies a resource name and value to override any defaults. It
- is also very useful for setting resources that don't have explicit command
- line arguments.
- .SH RESOURCES
- To make the tailoring of applications to personal preferences easier, X
- provides a mechanism for storing default values for program resources
- (e.g. background color, window title, etc.) that is used by programs that
- use toolkits based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics library libXt. (Programs
- using the common Gtk+ and Qt toolkits use other configuration mechanisms.)
- Resources are specified as strings
- that are read in from various places when an application is run.
- Program components are named in a hierarchical fashion,
- with each node in the hierarchy identified by a class and an instance name.
- At the top level is the class and instance name of the application itself.
- By convention, the class name of the application is the same as the program
- name, but with the first letter capitalized (e.g. \fIBitmap\fP or \fIEmacs\fP)
- although some programs that begin with the letter ``x'' also capitalize the
- second letter for historical reasons.
- .PP
- The precise syntax for resources is:
- .PP
- .nf
- ResourceLine = Comment | IncludeFile | ResourceSpec | <empty line>
- Comment = "!" {<any character except null or newline>}
- IncludeFile = "#" WhiteSpace "include" WhiteSpace FileName WhiteSpace
- FileName = <valid filename for operating system>
- ResourceSpec = WhiteSpace ResourceName WhiteSpace ":" WhiteSpace Value
- ResourceName = [Binding] {Component Binding} ComponentName
- Binding = "\&." | "*"
- WhiteSpace = {<space> | <horizontal tab>}
- Component = "?" | ComponentName
- ComponentName = NameChar {NameChar}
- NameChar = "a"\-"z" | "A"\-"Z" | "0"\-"9" | "_" | "\-"
- Value = {<any character except null or unescaped newline>}
- .fi
- .PP
- Elements separated by vertical bar (|) are alternatives.
- Curly braces ({\&.\&.\&.}) indicate zero or more repetitions
- of the enclosed elements.
- Square brackets ([\&.\&.\&.]) indicate that the enclosed element is optional.
- Quotes ("\&.\&.\&.") are used around literal characters.
- .PP
- IncludeFile lines are interpreted by replacing the line with the
- contents of the specified file. The word "include" must be in lowercase.
- The filename is interpreted relative to the directory of the file in
- which the line occurs (for example, if the filename contains no
- directory or contains a relative directory specification).
- .PP
- If a ResourceName contains a contiguous sequence of two or more Binding
- characters, the sequence will be replaced with single "\&." character
- if the sequence contains only "\&." characters,
- otherwise the sequence will be replaced with a single "*" character.
- .PP
- A resource database never contains more than one entry for a given
- ResourceName. If a resource file contains multiple lines with the
- same ResourceName, the last line in the file is used.
- .PP
- Any whitespace character before or after the name or colon in a ResourceSpec
- are ignored.
- To allow a Value to begin with whitespace,
- the two-character sequence ``\\\^\fIspace\fP'' (backslash followed by space)
- is recognized and replaced by a space character,
- and the two-character sequence ``\\\^\fItab\fP''
- (backslash followed by horizontal tab)
- is recognized and replaced by a horizontal tab character.
- To allow a Value to contain embedded newline characters,
- the two-character sequence ``\\\^n'' is recognized and replaced by a
- newline character.
- To allow a Value to be broken across multiple lines in a text file,
- the two-character sequence ``\\\^\fInewline\fP''
- (backslash followed by newline) is
- recognized and removed from the value.
- To allow a Value to contain arbitrary character codes,
- the four-character sequence ``\\\^\fInnn\fP'',
- where each \fIn\fP is a digit character in the range of ``0''\-``7'',
- is recognized and replaced with a single byte that contains
- the octal value specified by the sequence.
- Finally, the two-character sequence ``\\\\'' is recognized
- and replaced with a single backslash.
- .PP
- When an application looks for the value of a resource, it specifies
- a complete path in the hierarchy, with both class and instance names.
- However, resource values are usually given with only partially specified
- names and classes, using pattern matching constructs.
- An asterisk (*) is a loose binding and is used to represent any number
- of intervening components, including none.
- A period (.) is a tight binding and is used to separate immediately
- adjacent components.
- A question mark (?) is used to match any single component name or class.
- A database entry cannot end in a loose binding;
- the final component (which cannot be "?") must be specified.
- The lookup algorithm searches the resource database for the entry that most
- closely matches (is most specific for) the full name and class being queried.
- When more than one database entry matches the full name and class,
- precedence rules are used to select just one.
- .LP
- The full name and class are scanned from left to right (from highest
- level in the hierarchy to lowest), one component at a time.
- At each level, the corresponding component and/or binding of each
- matching entry is determined, and these matching components and
- bindings are compared according to precedence rules.
- Each of the rules is applied at each level,
- before moving to the next level,
- until a rule selects a single entry over all others.
- The rules (in order of precedence) are:
- .IP 1. 5
- An entry that contains a matching component (whether name, class, or "?")
- takes precedence over entries that elide the level (that is, entries
- that match the level in a loose binding).
- .IP 2. 5
- An entry with a matching name takes precedence over both
- entries with a matching class and entries that match using "?".
- An entry with a matching class takes precedence over
- entries that match using "?".
- .IP 3. 5
- An entry preceded by a tight binding takes precedence over entries
- preceded by a loose binding.
- .PP
- Programs based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics
- obtain resources from the following sources
- (other programs usually support some subset of these sources):
- .TP 8
- .B "RESOURCE_MANAGER root window property"
- Any global resources that should be available to clients on all machines
- should be stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property on the
- root window of the first screen using the \fIxrdb\fP program.
- This is frequently taken care
- of when the user starts up X through the display manager or \fIxinit\fP.
- .TP 8
- .B "SCREEN_RESOURCES root window property"
- Any resources specific to a given screen (e.g. colors)
- that should be available to clients on all machines
- should be stored in the SCREEN_RESOURCES property on the
- root window of that screen.
- The \fIxrdb\fP program will sort resources automatically and place them
- in RESOURCE_MANAGER or SCREEN_RESOURCES, as appropriate.
- .TP 8
- .B "application-specific files"
- Directories named by the environment variable XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
- or the environment variable XAPPLRESDIR (which names a single
- directory and should end with a '/' on POSIX systems), plus directories in a
- standard place (usually under __datadir__/X11/,
- but this can be overridden with the XFILESEARCHPATH environment variable)
- are searched for for application-specific resources.
- For example, application default resources are usually kept in
- __datadir__/X11/app-defaults/.
- See the \fIX Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface\fP manual for
- details.
- .TP 8
- .B XENVIRONMENT
- Any user- and machine-specific resources may be specified by setting
- the XENVIRONMENT environment variable to the name of a resource file
- to be loaded by all applications. If this variable is not defined,
- a file named \fI$HOME\fP/.Xdefaults\-\fIhostname\fP is looked for instead,
- where \fIhostname\fP is the name of the host where the application
- is executing.
- .TP 8
- .B \-xrm \fIresourcestring\fP
- Resources can also be specified from the
- command line. The \fIresourcestring\fP is a single resource name and value as
- shown above. Note that if the string contains characters interpreted by
- the shell (e.g., asterisk), they must be quoted.
- Any number of \fB\-xrm\fP arguments may be given on the
- command line.
- .PP
- Program resources are organized into groups called \fIclasses\fP, so that
- collections of individual resources (each of which are
- called \fIinstances\fP)
- can be set all at once. By convention, the instance name of a resource
- begins with a lowercase letter and class name with an upper case letter.
- Multiple word resources are concatenated with the first letter of the
- succeeding words capitalized. Applications written with the X Toolkit
- Intrinsics will have at least the following resources:
- .PP
- .TP 8
- .B background (\fPclass\fB Background)
- This resource specifies the color to use for the window background.
- .PP
- .TP 8
- .B borderWidth (\fPclass\fB BorderWidth)
- This resource specifies the width in pixels of the window border.
- .PP
- .TP 8
- .B borderColor (\fPclass\fB BorderColor)
- This resource specifies the color to use for the window border.
- .PP
- Most applications using the X Toolkit Intrinsics also have the resource
- \fBforeground\fP
- (class \fBForeground\fP), specifying the color to use for text
- and graphics within the window.
- .PP
- By combining class and instance specifications, application preferences
- can be set quickly and easily. Users of color displays will frequently
- want to set Background and Foreground classes to particular defaults.
- Specific color instances such as text cursors can then be overridden
- without having to define all of the related resources. For example,
- .sp
- .nf
- bitmap*Dashed: off
- XTerm*cursorColor: gold
- XTerm*multiScroll: on
- XTerm*jumpScroll: on
- XTerm*reverseWrap: on
- XTerm*curses: on
- XTerm*Font: 6x10
- XTerm*scrollBar: on
- XTerm*scrollbar*thickness: 5
- XTerm*multiClickTime: 500
- XTerm*charClass: 33:48,37:48,45\-47:48,64:48
- XTerm*cutNewline: off
- XTerm*cutToBeginningOfLine: off
- XTerm*titeInhibit: on
- XTerm*ttyModes: intr ^c erase ^? kill ^u
- XLoad*Background: gold
- XLoad*Foreground: red
- XLoad*highlight: black
- XLoad*borderWidth: 0
- emacs*Geometry: 80x65\-0\-0
- emacs*Background: rgb:5b/76/86
- emacs*Foreground: white
- emacs*Cursor: white
- emacs*BorderColor: white
- emacs*Font: 6x10
- xmag*geometry: \-0\-0
- xmag*borderColor: white
- .fi
- .PP
- If these resources were stored in a file called \fI.Xresources\fP in your home
- directory, they could be added to any existing resources in the server with
- the following command:
- .sp
- .nf
- % xrdb \-merge $HOME/.Xresources
- .fi
- .sp
- This is frequently how user-friendly startup scripts merge user-specific
- defaults
- into any site-wide defaults. All sites are encouraged to set up convenient
- ways of automatically loading resources. See the \fIXlib\fP
- manual section \fIResource Manager Functions\fP for more information.
- .SH ENVIRONMENT
- .TP
- .B DISPLAY
- This is the only mandatory environment variable. It must point to an
- X server. See section "Display Names" above.
- .TP
- .B XAUTHORITY
- This must point to a file that contains authorization data. The default
- is \fI$HOME/.Xauthority\fP. See
- .BR Xsecurity (__miscmansuffix__),
- .BR xauth (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xdm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR Xau (3).
- .TP
- .B ICEAUTHORITY
- This must point to a file that contains authorization data. The default
- is \fI$HOME/.ICEauthority\fP.
- .TP
- .BR LC_ALL ", " LC_CTYPE ", " LANG
- The first non-empty value among these three determines the current
- locale's facet for character handling, and in particular the default
- text encoding. See
- .BR locale (__miscmansuffix__),
- .BR setlocale (3),
- .BR locale (1).
- .TP
- .B XMODIFIERS
- This variable can be set to contain additional information important
- for the current locale setting. Typically set to \fI@im=<input-method>\fP
- to enable a particular input method. See
- .BR XSetLocaleModifiers (__libmansuffix__).
- .TP
- .B XLOCALEDIR
- This must point to a directory containing the locale.alias file and
- Compose and XLC_LOCALE file hierarchies for all locales. The default value
- is\fI __datadir__/X11/locale\fP.
- .TP
- .B XENVIRONMENT
- This must point to a file containing X resources. The default is
- \fI$HOME/.Xdefaults\-<hostname>\fP. Unlike \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fP,
- it is consulted each time an X application starts.
- .TP
- .B XFILESEARCHPATH
- This must contain a colon separated list of path templates, where libXt
- will search for resource files. The default value consists of
- .sp
- .nf
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%S:\\
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%S:\\
- __sysconfdir__/X11/%T/%N%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%S:\\
- __datadir__/X11/%T/%N%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%T/%N%C%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%L/%T/%N%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%l/%T/%N%S:\\
- __libdir__/X11/%T/%N%S
- .fi
- .sp
- A path template is transformed to a pathname by substituting:
- .sp
- .nf
- %D => the implementation-specific default path
- %N => name (basename) being searched for
- %T => type (dirname) being searched for
- %S => suffix being searched for
- %C => value of the resource "customization"
- (class "Customization")
- %L => the locale name
- %l => the locale's language (part before '_')
- %t => the locale's territory (part after '_` but before '.')
- %c => the locale's encoding (part after '.')
- .fi
- .TP
- .B XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
- This must contain a colon separated list of path templates,
- where libXt will search for user dependent resource files. The default
- value is:
- .sp
- .nf
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%L/%N%C:\\
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%l/%N%C:\\
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%N%C:\\
- $HOME/%N%C:\\
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%L/%N:\\
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%l/%N:\\
- $XAPPLRESDIR/%N:\\
- $HOME/%N
- .fi
- .sp
- $XAPPLRESDIR defaults to \fI$HOME\fP, see below.
- .sp
- A path template is transformed to a pathname by substituting:
- .sp
- .nf
- %D => the implementation-specific default path
- %N => name (basename) being searched for
- %T => type (dirname) being searched for
- %S => suffix being searched for
- %C => value of the resource "customization"
- (class "Customization")
- %L => the locale name
- %l => the locale's language (part before '_')
- %t => the locale's territory (part after '_` but before '.')
- %c => the locale's encoding (part after '.')
- .fi
- .TP
- .B XAPPLRESDIR
- This must point to a base directory where the user stores the application
- dependent resource files. The default value is \fI$HOME\fP. Only used if
- XUSERFILESEARCHPATH is not set.
- .TP
- .B XKEYSYMDB
- This must point to a file containing nonstandard keysym definitions.
- The default value is\fI __datadir__/X11/XKeysymDB\fP.
- .TP
- .B XCMSDB
- This must point to a color name database file. The default value is
- \fI __libdir__/X11/Xcms.txt\fP.
- .TP
- .B RESOURCE_NAME
- This serves as main identifier for resources belonging to the program
- being executed. It defaults to the basename of pathname of the program.
- .TP
- .B SESSION_MANAGER
- Denotes the session manager to which the application should connect. See
- .BR xsm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR rstart (__appmansuffix__).
- .TP
- .B XF86BIGFONT_DISABLE
- Setting this variable to a non-empty value disables the XFree86\-Bigfont
- extension. This extension is a mechanism to reduce the memory consumption
- of big fonts by use of shared memory.
- .LP
- .B XKB_FORCE
- .br
- .B XKB_DISABLE
- .br
- .B XKB_DEBUG
- .br
- .B _XKB_CHARSET
- .br
- .B _XKB_LOCALE_CHARSETS
- .br
- .B _XKB_OPTIONS_ENABLE
- .br
- .B _XKB_LATIN1_LOOKUP
- .br
- .B _XKB_CONSUME_LOOKUP_MODS
- .br
- .B _XKB_CONSUME_SHIFT_AND_LOCK
- .br
- .B _XKB_IGNORE_NEW_KEYBOARDS
- .br
- .B _XKB_CONTROL_FALLBACK
- .br
- .B _XKB_COMP_LED
- .B _XKB_COMP_FAIL_BEEP
- .PP
- These variables influence the X Keyboard Extension.
- .SH EXAMPLES
- The following is a collection of sample command lines for some of the
- more frequently used commands. For more information on a particular command,
- please refer to that command's manual page.
- .sp
- .nf
- % xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
- % xmodmap \-e "keysym BackSpace = Delete"
- % mkfontdir /usr/local/lib/X11/otherfonts
- % xset fp+ /usr/local/lib/X11/otherfonts
- % xmodmap $HOME/.keymap.km
- % xsetroot \-solid 'rgbi:.8/.8/.8'
- % xset b 100 400 c 50 s 1800 r on
- % xset q
- % twm
- % xmag
- % xclock \-geometry 48x48-0+0 \-bg blue \-fg white
- % xeyes \-geometry 48x48\-48+0
- % xbiff \-update 20
- % xlsfonts '*helvetica*'
- % xwininfo \-root
- % xdpyinfo \-display joesworkstation:0
- % xhost \-joesworkstation
- % xrefresh
- % xwd | xwud
- % bitmap companylogo.bm 32x32
- % xcalc \-bg blue \-fg magenta
- % xterm \-geometry 80x66\-0\-0 \-name myxterm $*
- .fi
- .SH DIAGNOSTICS
- A wide variety of error messages are generated from various programs.
- The default error handler in \fIXlib\fP (also used by many toolkits) uses
- standard resources to construct diagnostic messages when errors occur. The
- defaults for these messages are usually stored in
- \fI\__datadir__/X11/XErrorDB\fP. If this file is not present,
- error messages will be rather terse and cryptic.
- .PP
- When the X Toolkit Intrinsics encounter errors converting resource strings to
- the
- appropriate internal format, no error messages are usually printed. This is
- convenient when it is desirable to have one set of resources across a variety
- of displays (e.g. color vs. monochrome, lots of fonts vs. very few, etc.),
- although it can pose problems for trying to determine why an application might
- be failing. This behavior can be overridden by the setting the
- \fIStringConversionWarnings\fP resource.
- .PP
- To force the X Toolkit Intrinsics to always print string conversion error
- messages,
- the following resource should be placed in the file that gets
- loaded onto the RESOURCE_MANAGER property
- using the \fIxrdb\fP program (frequently called \fI.Xresources\fP
- or \fI.Xres\fP in the user's home directory):
- .sp
- .nf
- *StringConversionWarnings: on
- .fi
- .sp
- To have conversion messages printed for just a particular application,
- the appropriate instance name can be placed before the asterisk:
- .sp
- .nf
- xterm*StringConversionWarnings: on
- .fi
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .PP
- .\" introductions
- .BR XOrgFoundation (__miscmansuffix__),
- .BR XStandards (__miscmansuffix__),
- .BR Xsecurity (__miscmansuffix__),
- .\" clients, utilities, and demos
- .BR appres (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR bdftopcf (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR bitmap (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR editres (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR fsinfo (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR fslsfonts (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR fstobdf (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR iceauth (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR imake (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR makedepend (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR mkfontdir (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR oclock (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR resize (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR smproxy (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR twm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR x11perf (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR x11perfcomp (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xauth (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xclipboard (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xclock (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xcmsdb (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xconsole (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xdm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xdpyinfo (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xfd (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xfs (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xfwp (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xhost (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xinit (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbbell (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbcomp (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbevd (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbprint (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbvleds (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkbwatch (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xkill (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xlogo (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xlsatoms (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xlsclients (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xlsfonts (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xmag (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xmodmap (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xprop (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xrdb (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xrefresh (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xrx (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xset (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xsetroot (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xsm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xstdcmap (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xterm (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xwd (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xwininfo (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR xwud (__appmansuffix__).
- .\" servers
- .BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR Xorg (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR Xephyr (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR Xnest (__appmansuffix__),
- .BR Xvfb (__appmansuffix__),
- .\" specifications
- .I "Xlib \- C Language X Interface\fR,\fP"
- and
- .I "X Toolkit Intrinsics \- C Language Interface"
- .SH TRADEMARKS
- .PP
- X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.
- .SH AUTHORS
- .PP
- A cast of thousands, literally. Releases 6.7 and later are
- brought to you by the X.Org Foundation. The names of all people who
- made it a reality will be found in the individual documents and
- source files.
- .PP
- Releases 6.6 and 6.5 were done by The X.Org Group. Release 6.4 was done by
- The X Project Team. The Release 6.3 distribution was from The X Consortium,
- Inc. The staff members at the X Consortium responsible for that release
- were: Donna Converse (emeritus), Stephen Gildea (emeritus), Kaleb Keithley,
- Matt Landau (emeritus), Ralph Mor (emeritus), Janet O'Halloran, Bob
- Scheifler, Ralph Swick, Dave Wiggins (emeritus), and Reed Augliere.
- .PP
- The X Window System standard was originally developed at the
- Laboratory for Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute
- of Technology, and all rights thereto were assigned to the X Consortium
- on January 1, 1994.
- X Consortium, Inc. closed its doors on December 31, 1996. All rights to the
- X Window System have been assigned to The Open Group.
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