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diff --git a/xinit.man b/xinit.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23e2315 --- /dev/null +++ b/xinit.man @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +.\" $Xorg: xinit.man,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:05:49 xorgcvs Exp $ +.\" Copyright 1988, 1998 The Open Group +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its +.\" documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that +.\" the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting +.\" documentation. +.\" +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPEN GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR +.\" OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, +.\" ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +.\" OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall +.\" not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or +.\" other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization +.\" from The Open Group. +.TH XINIT 1 "Release 6.4" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +xinit \- X Window System initializer +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B xinit +[ [ +.I client +] +.I options +] [ +.B \-\^\- +[ +.I server +] [ +.I display +] +.I options +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fIxinit\fP program is used to start the X Window System server and a first +client program on systems that +cannot start X directly from \fI/etc/init\fP or in environments +that use multiple window systems. When this first client exits, +\fIxinit\fP will kill the X server and then terminate. +.PP +If no specific client program is given on the command line, +\fIxinit\fP will look for a file in the user's home directory +called \fI.xinitrc\fP to run as a shell script to start up client programs. +If no such file exists, \fIxinit\fP will use the following as a default: +.sp + xterm \-geometry +1+1 \-n login \-display :0 +.sp +.PP +If no specific server program is given on the command line, +\fIxinit\fP will look for a file in the user's home directory +called \fI.xserverrc\fP to run as a shell script to start up the server. +If no such file exists, \fIxinit\fP will use the following as a default: +.sp + X :0 +.sp +Note that this assumes that there is a program named \fIX\fP in the current +search path. However, servers are usually named \fIXdisplaytype\fP where +\fIdisplaytype\fP is the type of graphics display which is driven by this +server. The site administrator should, therefore, make a link to the +appropriate type of server on the machine, or create a shell script that +runs \fIxinit\fP with the appropriate server. +.PP +An important point is that programs which are run by \fI\.xinitrc\fP +should be run in the background if they do +not exit right away, so that they don't prevent other programs from +starting up. +However, the last long-lived program started (usually +a window manager or terminal emulator) should be +left in the foreground so that the script won't exit (which +indicates that the user is done and that \fIxinit\fP should exit). +.PP +An alternate client and/or server may be specified on the +command line. The desired client program and its arguments should be given +as the first command line arguments to \fIxinit\fP. To specify a particular +server command line, append a double dash (\-\^\-) to the \fIxinit\fP command +line (after any client and arguments) followed by the desired server command. +.PP +Both the client program name and the server program name must begin with a +slash (/) or a period (.). Otherwise, they are treated as an arguments to be +appended to their respective startup lines. This makes it possible to +add arguments (for example, foreground and background colors) without +having to retype the whole command line. +.PP +If an explicit server name is not given and the first argument following the +double dash (\-\^\-) is a colon followed by a digit, \fIxinit\fP will use that +number as the display +number instead of zero. All remaining arguments are appended to the server +command line. +.PP +.SH EXAMPLES +Below are several examples of how command line arguments in \fIxinit\fP are +used. +.TP 8 +.B "xinit" +This will start up a server named \fIX\fP and run the user's \fI\.xinitrc\fP, +if it exists, or else start an \fIxterm\fP. +.TP 8 +.B "xinit \-\^\- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xqdss :1" +This is how one could start a specific type of server on an alternate display. +.TP 8 +.B "xinit \-geometry =80x65+10+10 \-fn 8x13 \-j \-fg white \-bg navy" +This will start up a server named \fIX\fP, and will append the given +arguments to the default \fIxterm\fP command. It will ignore \fI\.xinitrc\fP. +.TP 8 +.B "xinit \-e widgets \-\^\- ./Xsun \-l \-c" +This will use the command \fI\.\/Xsun \-l \-c\fP to start the server and will +append the arguments \fI\-e widgets\fP to the default \fIxterm\fP command. +.TP 8 +.B "xinit /usr/ucb/rsh fasthost cpupig \-display ws:1 \-\^\- :1 \-a 2 \-t 5" +This will start a server named \fIX\fP on display 1 with the arguments +\fI\-a 2 \-t 5\fP. It will then start a remote shell on the machine +\fBfasthost\fP in which it will run the command \fIcpupig\fP, telling it +to display back on the local workstation. +.PP +Below is a sample \fI\.xinitrc\fP that starts a clock, several terminals, and +leaves the window manager running as the ``last'' application. Assuming that +the window manager has been configured properly, the user +then chooses the ``Exit'' menu item to shut down X. +.sp +.in +8 +.nf +xrdb \-load $HOME/.Xresources +xsetroot \-solid gray & +xclock \-g 50x50\-0+0 \-bw 0 & +xload \-g 50x50\-50+0 \-bw 0 & +xterm \-g 80x24+0+0 & +xterm \-g 80x24+0\-0 & +twm +.fi +.in -8 +.sp +Sites that want to create a common startup environment could simply create +a default \fI\.xinitrc\fP that references a site-wide startup file: +.sp +.in +8 +.nf +#!/bin/sh +\&. /usr/local/lib/site.xinitrc +.fi +.in -8 +.sp +Another approach is to write a script that starts \fIxinit\fP with a specific +shell script. Such scripts are usually named \fIx11\fP, \fIxstart\fP, or +\fIstartx\fP and are a convenient way to provide a simple interface for +novice users: +.sp +.in +8 +.nf +#!/bin/sh +xinit /usr/local/lib/site.xinitrc \-\^\- /usr/X11R6/bin/X bc +.fi +.in -8 +.sp +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +.TP 15 +.B DISPLAY +This variable gets set to the name of the display to which clients should +connect. +.TP 15 +.B XINITRC +This variable specifies an init file containing shell commands to start up the +initial windows. By default, \fI\.xinitrc\fP in the home directory will be +used. +.SH FILES +.TP 15 +.I .xinitrc +default client script +.TP 15 +.I xterm +client to run if \fI.xinitrc\fP does not exist +.TP 15 +.I .xserverrc +default server script +.TP 15 +.I X +server to run if \fI.xserverrc\fP does not exist +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR X (1), +.IR startx (1), +.IR Xserver (1), +.IR xterm (1) +.SH AUTHOR +Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science |