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NAME
xterm - terminal emulator for X

SYNOPSIS
xterm [- toolkitoption ...] [- option ...]

DESCRIPTION
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly. If the underlying operating system supports terminal resizing capabilities (for example, the SIGWINCH signal in systems derived from 4.3bsd), xterm will use the facilities to notify programs running in the window whenever it is resized.

The VT102 and Tektronix 4014 terminals each have their own window so that you can edit text in one and look at graphics in the other at the same time. To maintain the correct aspect ratio (height/width), Tektronix graphics will be restricted to the largest box with a 4014's aspect ratio that will fit in the window. This box is located in the upper left area of the window.

Although both windows may be displayed at the same time, one of them is considered the "active" window for receiving keyboard input and terminal output. This is the window that contains the text cursor. The active window can be chosen through escape sequences, the "VT Options" menu in the VT102 window, and the "Tek Options" menu in the 4014 window.

EMULATIONS
The VT102 emulation is fairly complete, but does not support smooth scrolling, VT52 mode, the blinking character attribute nor the double-wide and double-size character sets. Termcap(5) entries that work with xterm include "xterm," "vtl02," "vtl00" and "ansi," and xterm automatically searches the termcap file in this order for these entries and then sets the "TERM" and the "TERMCAP" environment variables.

Many of the special xterm features may be modified under program control through a set of escape sequences different from the standard VT102 escape sequences. (See the Xterm Control Sequences document.)

The Tektronix 4014 emulation is also fairly good. It supports 12-bit graphics addressing, scaled to the window size. Four different font sizes and five different lines types are supported. There is no write through or defocused mode support. The Tektronix text and graphics commands are recorded internally by xterm and may be written to a file by sending the COPY escape sequence (or through the Tektronix menu; see below). The name of the file will be "COPYyy- MM- dd.hh:mm:ss", where yy, MM, dd, hh, mm and ss are the year, month, day, hour, minute and second when the COPY was performed (the file is created in the directory xterm is started in, or the home directory for a login xterm).

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OTHER FEATURES
Xterm automatically highlights the text cursor when the pointer enters the window (selected) and unhighlights it when the pointer leaves the window (unselected). If the window is the focus window, then the text cursor is highlighted no matter where the pointer is.

In VT102 mode, there are escape sequences to activate and deactivate an alternate screen buffer, which is the same size as the display area of the window. When activated, the current screen is saved and replaced with the alternate screen. Saving of lines scrolled off the top of the window is disabled until the normal screen is restored. The termcap(5) entry for xterm allows the visual editor vi(1) to switch to the alternate screen for editing and to restore the screen on exit.

In either VT102 or Tektronix mode, there are escape sequences to change the name of the windows. See Xterm Control Sequences for details.

OPTIONS
The xterm terminal emulator accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options as well as the following (if the option begins with a '+ ' instead of a '- ', the option is restored to its default value):

-help
This causes xterm to print out a verbose message describing its options.

- 132
Normally, the VT102 DECCOLM escape sequence that switches between 80 and 132 column mode is ignored. This option causes the DECCOLM escape sequence to be recognized, and the xterm window will resize appropriately.

- ah
This option indicates that xterm should always highlight the text cursor. By default, xterm will display a hollow text cursor whenever the focus is lost or the pointer leaves the window.

+ ah
This option indicates that xterm should do text cursor highlighting based on focus.

- b number
This option specifies the size of the inner border (the distance between the outer edge of the characters and the window border) in pixels. The default is 2.

- cb
Set the vt100 resource cutToBeginningOfLine to FALSE.

+ cb
Set the vt100 resource cutToBeginningOfLlne to TRUE.

- cc characterclassrange:value[,...]
This sets classes indicated by the given ranges for using in selecting by words. See the section specifying character classes.

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- cn
This option indicates that newlines should not be cut in line-mode selections.

+ cn
This option indicates that newlines should be cut in line-mode selections.

- cr color
This option specifies the color to use for text cursor. The default is to use the same foreground color that is used for text.

- cu
This option indicates that xterm should work around a bug in the more(1) program that causes it to incorrectly display lines that are exactly the width of the window and arc followed by a line beginning with a tab (the leading tabs are not displayed). This option is so named because it was originally thought to be a bug in the curses(3x) cursor motion package.

+ cu
This option indicates that xterm should not work around the more(3x) bug mentioned above.

- e program [ arguments ... ]
This option specifies the program (and its command line arguments) to be run in the xterm window. It also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of the program being executed if neither - T nor - n are given on the command line. This must be the last option on the command line.

- fb font
This option specifies a font to be used when displaying bold text. This font must be the same height and width as the normal font. If only one of the normal or bold fonts is specified, it will be used as the normal font and the bold font will be produced by overstriking this font. The default is to do overstriking of the normal font.

- im
Turn on the useInsertMode resource.

+ im
Turn off the useInsertMode resource.

- j
This option indicates that xterm should do jump scrolling. Normally, text is scrolled one line at a time; this option allows xterm to move multiple lines at a time so that it doesn't fall as far behind. Its use is strongly recommended since it make xterm much faster when scanning through large amounts of text. The VT 100 escape sequences for enabling and disabling smooth scroll as well as the "VT Options" menu can be used to turn this feature on or off.

+ j
This option indicates that xterm should not do jump scrolling.

- ls
This option indicates that the shell that is started in the xterm window will be a login shell (i.e., the first character of argv[0] will be a dash, indicating to the shell that it should read the user's .login or .profile).

+ ls
This option indicates that the shell that is started should not be a login shell (i.e. it will be a normal "subshell") .

- mb
This option indicates that xterm should ring a margin bell when the user types near the right end of a line. This option can be turned on and off from the "VT Options" menu.

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+ mb
This option indicates that margin bell should not be rung.

- mc milliseconds
This option specifies the maximum time between multi-click selections.

- ms color
This option specifies the color to be used for the pointer cursor. The default is to use the foreground color.

- nb number
This option specifies the number of characters from the right end of a line at which the margin bell, if enabled, will ring. The default is 10.

- rw
This option indicates that reverse-wraparound should be allowed. This allows the cursor to back up from the leftmost column of one line to the rightmost column of the previous line.
This is very useful for editing long shell command lines and is encouraged. This option can be turned on and off from the "VT Options" menu.

+ rw
This option indicates that reverse-wraparound should not be allowed.

- aw
This option indicates that auto-wraparound should be allowed. This allows the cursor to automatically wrap to the beginning of the next line when it is at the rightmost position of a line and text is output.

+ aw
This option indicates that auto-wraparound should not be allowed.

- s
This option indicates that xterm may scroll asynchronously, meaning that the screen does not have to be kept completely up to date while scrolling. This allows xterm to run faster when network latencies are very high and is typically useful when running across a very large inter net or many gateways.

+ s
This option indicates that xterm should scroll synchronously.

- sb
This option indicates that some number of lines that are scrolled off the top of the window should be saved and that a scrollbar should be displayed so that those lines can be viewed.
This option may be turned on and off from the "VT Options" menu.

+ sb
This option indicates that a scrollbar should not be displayed.

- sf
This option indicates that Sun Function Key escape codes should be generated for function keys.

+ sf
This option indicates that the standard escape codes should be generated for function keys.

- si
This option indicates that output to a window should not automatically reposition the screen to the bottom of the scrolling region. This option can be turned on and off from the "VT Options" menu.

+ si
This option indicates that output to a window should cause it to scroll to the bottom.

- sk
This option indicates that pressing a key while using the scrollbar to review previous lines of text should cause the window to be repositioned automatically in the normal position at the bottom of the scroll region.

+ sk
This option indicates that pressing a key while using the scrollbar should not cause the window to be repositioned.

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- sl number
This option specifies the number of lines to save that have been scrolled off the top of the screen. The default is 64.

- t
This option indicates that xterm should start in Tektronix mode, rather than in VT102 mode.
Switching between the two windows is done using the "Options" menus.

+ t
This option indicates that xterm should start in VT102 mode.

- tm string
This option specifics a series of terminal setting keywords followed by the characters that should be bound to those functions, similar to the stty program. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit, erase, kill, eof, eol, swtch, start, stop, brk, susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush, weras, and Inext. Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g. ^c or ^u) and ^? may be used to indicate delete.

- tn name
This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the TERM environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the termcap(5) database and should have li# and co# entries.

- ut
This option indicates that xterm shouldn't write a record into the system log file /etc/utmp.

+ ut
This option indicates that xterm should write a record into the system log file /etc/utmp.

- vb
This option indicates that a visual bell is preferred over an audible one. Instead of ringing the terminal bell whenever a Control-G is received, the window will be flashed.

+ vb
This option indicates that a visual bell should not be used.

- wf
This option indicates that xterm should wait for the window to be mapped the first time before starting the subprocess so that the initial terminal size settings and environment variables are correct. It is the application's responsibility to catch subsequent terminal size changes.

+ wf
This option indicates that xterm show not wait before starting the subprocess.

- C
This option indicates that this window should receive console output. This is not supported on all systems. To obtain console output, you must be the owner of the console device, and you must have read and write permission for it. If you are running X under xdm on the console screen you may need to have the session startup and reset programs explicitly change the ownership of the console device in order to get this option to work.

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- Sccn
This option specifies the last two letters of the name of a pseudo terminal to use in slave mode, plus the number of the inherited file descriptor. The option is parsed "%c%c%d". This allows xterm to be used as an input and output channel for an existing program and is sometimes used in specialized applications.

The following command line arguments are provided for compatibility with older versions. They may not be supported in the next release as the X Toolkit provides standard options that accomplish the same task.

%geom
This option specifies the preferred size and position of the Tektronix window. It is shorthand for specifying the "*tekGeometry" resource.

# geom
This option specifies the preferred position of the icon window. It is shorthand for specifying the "*iconGeometry" resource.

- T string
This option specifies the title for xterm's windows. It is equivalent to - title.

- n string
This option specifies the icon name for xterm's windows. It is shorthand for specifying the "*iconName" resource. Note that this is not the same as the toolkit option - name (see below). The default icon name is the application name.

- r
This option indicates that reverse video should be simulated by swapping the foreground and background colors. It is equivalent to - rv.

- w number
This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window. It is equivalent to - borderwidth or - bw.

The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xterm:

- bg color
This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window. The default is "white. "

- bd color
This option specifies the color to use for the border of the window. The default is "black."

- bw number
This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window.

- fg color
This option specifies the color to use for displaying text. The default is "black."

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- fn font
This option specifies the font to be used for displaying normal text. The default is fixed.

- name name
This option specifies the application name under which resources are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain "." or "*" characters.

- title string
This option specifies the window title string, which may be displayed by window managers if the user so chooses. The default title is the command line specified after the - e option, if any, otherwise the application name.

- rv
This option indicates that reverse video should be simulated by swapping the foreground and background colors.

- geometry geometry
This option specifies the preferred size and position of the VT102 window; sec X(1).

- display display
This option specifics the X server to contact; see X(1).

- xrm resourcestring
This option specifies a resource string to be used. This is especially useful for setting resources that do not have separate command line options.

- iconic
This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to start it as an icon rather than as the normal window.

RESOURCES
The program understands all of the core X Toolkit resource names and classes as well as:

iconGeometry (class IconGeometry)
Specifies the preferred size and position of the application when iconified. It is not necessarily obeyed by all window managers.

iconName (class IconName)
Specifies the icon name. The default is the application name.

termName (class TermName)
Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the TERM environment variable.

title (class Title)
Specifies a string that may be used by the window manager when displaying this application.

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ttyModes (class TtyModes)
Specifies a string containing terminal setting keywords and the characters to which they may be bound. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit, erase, kill, eof, eol, swtch, start, stop, brk, susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush, weras, and Inext. Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g. ^c or ^u) and ^? may be used to indicate Delete. This is very useful for overriding the default terminal settings without having to do an stty every time an xterm is started.

useInsertMode (class UseInsertMode)
Force use of insert mode by adding appropriate entries to the TERMCAP environment variable. This is useful if the system termcap is broken. The default is "false."

utmpInhibit (class UtmpInhibit)
Specifies whether or not xterm should try to record the user's terminal in /etc/utmp.

sunFunctionKeys (class SunFunctionKeys)
Specifies whether or not Sun Function Key escape codes should be generated for function keys instead of standard escape sequences.

waitForMap (class WaitForMap)
Specifies whether or not xterm should wait for the initial window map before starting the subprocess. The default is "false."


The following resources are specified as part of the vt100 widget (class VT100):

allowSendEvents (class AllowSendEvents)
Specifies whether or not synthetic key and button events (generated using the X protocol SendEvent request) should be interpreted or discarded. The default is "false" meaning they are discarded. Note that allowing such events creates a very large security hole.

alwaysHighlight (class AlwaysHighlight)
Specifies whether or not xterm should always display a highlighted text cursor. By default, a hollow text cursor is displayed whenever the pointer moves out of the window or the window loses the input focus.

appcursorDefault (class A ppcursorDefault)
If "true," the cursor keys are initially in application mode. The default is "false."

appkeypadDefault (class AppkeypadDefault)
If "true," the keypad keys are initially in application mode. The default is "false."

autoWrap (class AutoWrap)
Specifies whether or not auto-wraparound should be enabled. The default is "true."

bellSuppressTime (class BellSuppressTime)
Number of milliseconds after a bell command is sent during which additional bells will be suppressed. Default is 200. If set non-zero, additional bells will also be suppressed until the server reports that processing of the first bell has been completed; this feature is most useful with the visible bell.

boldFont (class BoldFont)
Specifies the name of the bold font to use instead of overstriking.

c132 (class C132)
Specifies whether or not the VT102 DECCOLM escape sequence should be honored. The default is "false."

cutNewline (class CutNewline)
If false, triple clicking to select a line does not include the Newline at the end of the line. If true, the Newline is selected. The default is "true."

cutToBeginningOfLine (class CutToBeginningOfLine)
If false, triple clicking to select a line selects only from the current word forward. If true, the entire line is selected. The default is "true."

charClass (class CharClass)
Specifies comma-separated lists of character class bindings of the form [low- ]high: value. These are used in determining which sets of characters should be treated the same when doing cut and paste. See the section on specifying character classes.

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curses (class Curses)
Specifies whether or not the last column bug in more(1) should be worked around. See the - cu option for details. The default is "false."

background (class Background)
Specifies the color to use for the background of the window. The default is "white."

foreground (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for displaying text in the window. Setting the class name instead of the instance name is an easy way to have everything that would normally appear in the text color change color. The default is "black."

cursorColor (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for the text cursor. The default is "black."

eightBitInput (class EightBitInput)
If true, Meta characters input from the keyboard are presented as a single character with the eighth bit turned on. If false, Meta characters are converted into a two-character sequence with the character itself preceded by ESC. The default is "true."

eightBitOutput (class EightBitOutput)
Specifies whether or not eight-bit characters sent from the host should be accepted as is or stripped when printed. The default is "true."

font (class Font)
Specifies the name of the normal font. The default is "fixed."

font1(class Font1)
Specifies the name of the first alternative font.

font2 (class Font2)
Specifies the name of the second alternative font.

font3 (class Font3)
Specifics the name of the third alternative font.

font4 (class Font4)
Specifies the name of the fourth alternative font.

font5 (class Font5)
Specifies the name of the fifth alternative font.

font6 (class Font6)
Specifies the name of the sixth alternative font.

geometry (class Geometry)
Specifies the preferred size and position of the VT102 window.

hpLowerleftBugCompat (class HpLowerleftBugCompat)
Specifies whether to work around a bug in HP's xdb, which ignores termcap and always sends ESC F to move to the lower left corner. "true" causes xterm to interpret ESC F as a request to move to the lower left corner of the screen. The default is "false."

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internalBorder (class BorderWidth)
Specifies the number of pixels between the characters and the window border. The default is 2.

jumpScroll (class JumpScroll)
Specifies whether or not jump scroll should be used. The default is "true."

loginShell (class LoginShell)
Specifies whether or not the shell to be run in the window should be started as a login shell. The default is "false."

marginal (class marginal)
Specifies whether or not the bell should be run when the user types near the right margin. The default is "false."

multiClickTime (class MultiClickTime)
Specifies the maximum time in milliseconds between multi-click select events. The default is 250 milliseconds.

multiScroll (class MultiScroll)
Specifies whether or not scrolling should be done asynchronously. The default is "false."

nMarginBell (class Column)
Specifies the number of characters from the right margin at which the margin bell should be rung, when enabled.

pointerColor (class Foreground)
Specifies the foreground color of the pointer. The default is "XtDefaultForeground."

pointerColorBackground (class Background)
Specifies the background color of the pointer. The default is "XtDefaultBackground."

pointerShape (class Cursor)
Specifies the name of the shape of the pointer. The default is "xterm."

resizeGravity (class ResizeGravity)
Affects the behavior when the window is resized to be taller or shorter. NorthWest specifics that the top line of text on the screen stay fixed. If the window is made shorter, lines are dropped from the bottom; if the window is made taller, blank lines are added at the bottom. This is compatible with the behavior in R4. SouthWest (the default) specifies that the bottom line of text on the screen stay fixed. If the window is made taller, additional saved lines will be scrolled down onto the screen; if the window is made shorter, lines will be scrolled off the top of the screen, and the top saved lines will be dropped.

reverseVideo (class Reverse Video)
Specifies whether or not reverse video should be simulated. The default is "false."

reverseWrap (class ReverseWrap)
Specifies whether or not reverse-wraparound should be enabled. The default is "false."

saveLines (class SaveLines)
Specifies the number of lines to save beyond the top of the screen when a scrollbar is turned on. The default is 64.

scrollBar (class ScrollBar)
Specifies whether or not the scrollbar should be displayed. The default is "false."

scrollTtyOutput (class ScrollCond)
Specifies whether or not output to the terminal should automatically cause the scrollbar to go to the bottom of the scrolling region. The default is "true."

scrollKey (class ScrollCond)
Specifies whether or not pressing a key should automatically cause the scrollbar to go to the bottom of the scrolling region. The default is "false."

scrollLines (class ScrollLines)
Specifies the number of lines that the scroll-back and scroll-forw actions should use as a default. The default value is 1.

signalInhiblt (class Signalinhibit)
Specifies whether or not the entries in the "Main Options" menu for sending signals to xterm should be disallowed. The default is "false."

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tekGeometry (class Geometry)
Specifics the preferred size and position of the Tektronix window.

tekInhibit (class Tekinhibit)
Specifies whether or not the escape sequence to enter Tektronix mode should be ignored. The default is "false."

tekSmall (class TekSmall)
Specifies whether or not the Tektronix mode window should start in its smallest size if no explicit geometry is given. This is useful when running xterm on displays with small screens. The default is "false."

tekStartup (class TekStartup)
Specifies whether or not xterm should start up in Tektronix mode. The default is "false."

titeInhibit (class Titelnhibit)
Specifies whether or not xterm should remove ti and te termcap entries (used to switch between alternate screens on startup of many screen-oriented programs) from the TERMCAP string. If set, xterm also ignores the escape sequence to switch to the alternate screen.

translations (class Translations)
Specifics the Key and button bindings for menus, selections, "programmed strings," etc. See ACTIONS below.

visualBell (class VisualBell)
Specifies whether or not a visible bell (i.e. flashing) should be used instead of an audible bell when Control-G is received. The default is "false."


The following resources are specified as part of the tek4014 widget (class Tek4014):

width (class Width)
Specifies the width of the Tektronix window in pixels.

height (class Height)
Specifies the height of the Tektronix window in pixels.

fontLarge (class Font)
Specifies the large font to use in the Tektronix window.

font2 (class Font)
Specifies font number 2 to use in the Tektronix window.

font3 (class Font)
Specifies font number 3 to use in the Tektronix window.

fontSmall (class Font)
Specifies the small font to use in the Tektronix window.

initialFont (class InitialFont)
Specifies which of the four Tektronix fonts to use initially. Values are the same as for the settek-text action. The default is "large."

ginTerminator (class GinTerminator)
Specifies what character(s) should follow a GIN report or status report. The possibilities are "none," which sends no terminating characters, "CRonly," which sends CR, and "CR&EOT," which sends both CR and EOT. The default is "none."

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The resources that may be specified for the various menus are described in the documentation for the Athena SimpleMenu widget. The name and classes of the entries in each of the menus are listed below.

The mainMenu has the following entries:

securekbd (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the secure( ) action.

allowsends (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the allow-send-events(toggle) action.

redraw (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the redraw( ) action.

line1 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

suspend (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(tstp) action on systems that support job control.

continue (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(cont) action on systems that support job control.

Interrupt (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(int) action.

hangup (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(hup) action.

terminate (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(term) action.

kill (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(kill) action.

Iine2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

quit (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the quit( ) action.


The vtMenu has the following entries:

scrollbar (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scrollbar(toggle) action.

jumpscroll (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-jumpscroll(toggle) action.

reversevideo (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-reverse-video(toggle) action.

autowrap (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-autowrap(toggle) action.

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reversewrap (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-reversewrap(toggle) action.

autolinefeed (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-autolinefeed(toggle) action.

appcursor (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-appcursor(toggle) action.

appkeypad (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-appkeypad(toggle) action.

scrollkey (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scroll-on-key(toggle) action.

scrollttyoutput (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scroll-on-tty-output(toggle) action.

allow132 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-allow132(toggle) action.

cursesemul (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-cursesemul(toggle) action.

visualbell (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visualbell(toggle) action.

marginbell (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-marginbell(toggle) action.

altscreen (class SmeBSB)
This entry is currently disabled.

line1 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

softreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the soft-reset( ) action.

hardreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the hard-reset( ) action.

clearsavedlines (class SmeBSB)" " " "
This entry invokes the clear-saved-lines( ) action.

line2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

tekshow (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(tek,toggle) action.

tekmode (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-terminal-type(tek) action.

vthide (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(vt,off) action.

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The fontMenu has the following entries:

fontdefault (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(d) action.

font1 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(1) action.

font2 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(2) action.

font3 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(3) action.

font4 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(4) action.

font5 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(5) action.

font6 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(6) action.

fontescape (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(e) action.

fontsel (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(s) action.


The tekMenu has the following entries:

tektextlarge (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(1) action.

tektext2 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(2) action.

tektext3 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(3) action.

tektextsmall (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(s) action.

line1(class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

tekpage (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-page( ) action.

tekreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-reset( ) action.

tekcopy (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-copy( ) action.

line2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.

vtshow (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(vt,toggle) action.

vtmode (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-terminal-type(vt) action.

tekhide (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(tek,toggle) action.

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The following resources are useful when specified for the Athena Scrollbar widget:

thickness (class Thickness)
Specifies the width in pixels of the scrollbar.

background (class Background)
Specifies the color to use for the background of the scrollbar.

foreground (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for the foreground of the scrollbar. The "thumb" of the scrollbar is a simple checkerboard pattern alternating pixels for foreground and background color.

POINTER USAGE
Once the VT102 window is created, xterm allows you to select text and copy it within the same or other windows.

The selection functions are invoked when the pointer buttons are used with no modifiers, and when they are used with the "shift" key. The assignment of the functions described below to keys and buttons may be changed through the resource database; see ACTIONS below.

Pointer button one (usually left) is used to save text into the cut buffer. Move the cursor to beginning of the text, and then hold the button down while moving the cursor to the end of the region and releasing the button. The selected text is highlighted and is saved in the global cut buffer and made the PRIMARY selection when the button is released. Double-clicking selects by words. Triple-clicking selects by lines. Quadruple-clicking goes back to characters, etc. Multiple-click is determined by the time from button up to button down, so you can change the selection unit in the middle of a selection. If the key/button bindings specify that an X selection is to be made, xterm will leave the selected text highlighted for as long as it is the selection owner.

Pointer button two (usually middle) 'types' (pastes) the text from the PRIMARY selection, if any, otherwise from the cut buffer, inserting it as keyboard input.

Pointer button three (usually right) extends the current selection. (Without loss of generality, you can swap "right" and "left" everywhere in the rest of this paragraph.) If pressed while closer to the right edge of the selection than the left, it extends/contracts the right edge of the selection. If you contract the selection past the left edge of the selection, xterm assumes you really meant the left edge, restores the original selection, then extends/contracts the left edge of the selection. Extension starts in the selection unit mode that the last selection or extension was performed in; you can multiple-click to cycle through them.

By cutting and pasting pieces of text without trailing new lines, you can take text from several places in different windows and form a command to the shell, for example, or take output from a program and insert it into your favorite editor. Since the cut buffer is globally shared among different applications, you should regard it as a 'file' whose contents you know. The terminal emulator and other text programs should be treating it as if it were a text file, i.e., the text is delimited by new lines.

The scroll region displays the position and amount of text currently showing in the window (highlighted) relative to the amount of text actually saved. As more text is saved (up to the maximum), the size of the highlighted area decreases.

Clicking button one with the pointer in the scroll region moves the adjacent line to the top of the display window.

Clicking button three moves the top line of the display window down to the pointer position.

Clicking button two moves the display to a position in the saved text that corresponds to the pointer's position in the scrollbar.

Unlike the VT102 window, the Tektronix window does not allow the copying of text. It does allow Tektronix GIN mode, and in this mode the cursor will change from an arrow to a cross. Pressing any key will send that key and the current coordinate of the cross cursor. Pressing button one, two, or three will return the letters 'l', 'm', and 'r', respectively. If the 'shift' key is pressed when a pointer button is pressed, the corresponding upper case letter is sent. To distinguish a pointer button from a key, the high bit of the character is set (but this is bit is normally stripped unless the terminal mode is RAW; see tty(4) for details).

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MENUS
Xterm has four menus, named mainMenu, vtMenu, fontMenu, and tekMenu. Each menu pops up under the correct combinations of key and button presses. Most menus are divided into two section, separated by a horizontal line. The top portion contains various modes that can be altered. A check mark appears next to a mode that is currently active. Selecting one of these modes toggles its state. The bottom portion of the menu are command entries; selecting one of these performs the indicated function.

The xterm menu pops up when the "control" key and pointer button one are pressed in a window. The mainMenu contains items that apply to both the VT102 and Tektronix windows. The Secure Keyboard mode is be used when typing in passwords or other sensitive data in an unsecure environment; see SECURITY below. Notable entries in the command session of the menu are the Continue, Suspend, Interrupt, Hangup, Terminate and Kill which sends the SIGCONT, SIGTSTP, SIGINT, SIGHUP, SIGTERM and SIGKILL signals, respectively, to the process group of the process running under xterm (usually the shell). The Continue function is especially useful if the user has accidentally typed CTRL-Z, suspending the process.

The vtMenu sets various modes in the VT102 emulation, and is popped up when the "control" key and pointer button two are pressed in the VT102 window. In the command section of this menu, the soft reset entry will reset scroll regions. This can be convenient when some program has left the scroll regions set incorrectly (often a problem when using VMS or TOPS-20). The full reset entry will clear the screen, reset tabs to every eight columns, and reset the terminal modes (such as wrap and smooth scroll) to their initial states just after xterm has finished processing the command line options.

The fontMenu sets the font used in the VT102 window. In addition to the default font and a number of alternatives that are set with resources, the menu offers the font last specified by the Set Font escape sequence (see the document term Control Sequences) and the current selection as a font name (if the PRIMARY selection is owned).

The tekMenu sets various modes in the Tektronix emulation, and is popped up when the "control" key and pointer button two are pressed in the Tektronix window. The current font size is checked in the modes selection of the menu. The PAGE entry in the command section clears the Tektronix window.

SECURITY
X environments differ in their security consciousness. Most servers, run under xdm, are capable of using a "magic cookie" authorization scheme that can provide a reasonable level of security for many people. If your server is only using a host-based mechanism to control access to the server (see xhost(1)), then if you enable access for a host and other users are also permitted to run clients on that same host, there is every possibility that someone can run an application that will use the basic services of the X protocol to snoop on your activities, potentially capturing a transcript of everything you type at the keyboard. This is of particular concern when you want to type in a password or other sensitive data. The best solution to this problem is to use a better authorization mechanism that host-based control, but a simple mechanism exists for protecting keyboard input in xterm

The xterm menu (see MENUS above) contains a Secure Keyboard entry which, when enabled, ensures that all keyboard input is directed only to xterm (using the GrabKeyboard protocol request). When an application prompts you for a password (or other sensitive data), you can enable Secure Keyboard using the menu, type in the data, and then disable Secure Keyboard using the menu again. Only one X client at a time can secure the keyboard, so when you attempt to enable Secure Keyboard it may fail. In this case, the bell will sound. If the Secure Keyboard succeeds, the foreground and background colors will be exchanged (as if you selected the Reverse Video entry in the Modes menu); they will be exchanged again when you exit secure mode. If the colors do not switch, then you should be very suspicious that you are being spoofed. If the application you are running displays a prompt before asking for the password, it is safest to enter secure mode before the prompt gets displayed, and to make sure that the prompt gets displayed correctly (in the new colors), to minimize the probability of spoofing. You can also bring up the menu again and make sure that a check mark appears next to the entry.

Secure Keyboard mode will be disabled automatically if your xterm window becomes iconified (or otherwise unmapped), or if you start up a reparenting window manager (that places a title bar or other decoration around the window) while in Secure Keyboard mode. (This is a feature of the X protocol not easily overcome.) When this happens, the foreground and background colors will be switched back and the bell will sound in warning.

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CHARACTER CLASSES
Clicking the middle mouse button twice in rapid succession will cause all characters of the same class (e.g. letters, white space, punctuation) to be selected. Since different people have different preferences for what should be selected (for example, should filenames be selected as a whole or only the separate subnames), the default mapping can be overridden through the use of the charcoals (class charcoals) resource.

This resource is a series of comma-separated of range:value pairs. The range is either a single number or low-high in the range of 0 to 127, corresponding to the ASCII code for the character or characters to be set. The value is arbitrary, although the default table uses the character number of the first character occurring in the set.

The default table is

            static int charClass[128] = {
/* NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL */
32, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* BS HT NL VT NP CR SO SI */
1, 32, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB */
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US */
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* SP ! " # $ % & ' */
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
/* ( ) * + , - . / */
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
/* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* 8 9 : ; < = > ? */
48, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
/* @ A B C D E F G */
64, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* H I J K L M N O */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* P Q R S T U V W */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* X Y Z [ ] ^ _ */
48, 48, 48, 91, 92, 93, 94, 48,
/* ' a b c d e f g */
96, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* h i j k I m n o */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* p q r s t u v w */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* x y z { | } ~ DEL */
48, 48, 48, 123, 124, 125, 126, 1};
For example, the string "33:48,37:48,45-47:48,64:48" indicates that the exclamation mark, percent sign, dash, period, slash, and ampersand characters should be treated the same way as characters and numbers. This is useful for cutting and pasting electronic mailing addresses and filenames.

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ACTIONS
It is possible to rebind keys (or sequences of keys) to arbitrary strings for input, by changing the translations for the vtl00 or tek4014 widgets. Changing the translations for events other than key and button events is not expected, and will cause unpredictable behavior. The following actions are provided for using within the vt100 or tek4014 translations resources:

bell([percent])
This action rings the keyboard bell at the specified percentage above or below the base volume .

ignore( )
This action ignores the event but checks for special pointer position escape sequences.

insert( )
This action inserts the character or string associated with the key that was pressed.

insert-seven-bit( )
This action is a synonym for insert( )

insert-eight-bit( )
This action inserts an eight-bit (Meta) version of the character or string associated with the key that was pressed. The exact action depends on the value of the eightBitInput resource.

insert-selection(source name [, . . . ])
This action inserts the string found in the selection or cut buffer indicated by source name. Sources are checked in the order given (case is significant) until one is found. Commonly-used selections include: PRIMARY, SECONDARY, and CLIPBOARD. Cut buffers are typically named CUT_BUFFER0 through CUT_BUFFER7.

keymap(name)
This action dynamically defines a new translation table whose resource name is name with the suffix Keymap (case is significant). The name None restores the original translation table.

popup-menu(menuname)
This action displays the specified popup menu. Valid names (case is significant) include: mainMenu, vtMenu, fontMenu, and tekMenu.

secure( )
This action toggles the Secure Keyboard mode described in the section named SECURITY, and is invoked from the securekbd entry in mainMenu.

select-start( )
This action begins text selection at the current pointer location. See the section on POINTER USAGE for information on making selections.

select-extend( )
This action tracks the pointer and extends the selection. It should only be bound to Motion events.

select-end(destname [, ...])
This action puts the currently selected text into all of the selections or cut buffers specified by destname .

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select-cursor-start( )
This action is similar to select-start except that it begins the selection at the current text cursor position.

select-cursor-end(destname [, ...])
This action is similar to select-end except that it should be used with select-cursor-start.

set-vt-font(d/1/2/3/4/5/6/e/s [,normalfont [, boldfont]])
This action sets the font or fonts currently being used in the VT102 window. The first argument is a single character that specifies the font to be used: d or D indicate the default font (the font initially used when xterm was started), 1 through 6 indicate the fonts specified by the font1 through font6 resources, e or E indicate the normal and bold fonts that have been set through escape codes (or specified as the second and third action arguments, respectively), and s or S indicate the font selection (as made by programs such as xfontsel(1)) indicated by the second action argument.

start-extend( )
This action is similar to select-start except that the selection is extended to the current pointer location.

start-cursor-extend( )
This action is similar to select-extend except that the selection is extended to the current text cursor position.

string(string)
This action inserts the specified text string as if it had been typed. Quotation is necessary if the string contains whitespace or non-alphanumeric characters. If the string argument begins with the characters "0x", it is interpreted as a hex character constant.

scroll-back(count [,units])
This action scrolls the text window backward so that text that had previously scrolled off the top of the screen is now visible. The count argument indicates the number of units (which may be page, halfpage, pixel, or line) by which to scroll.

scroll-forw(count [,units])
This action scrolls is similar to scroll-back except that it scrolls the other direction.

allow-send-events(on/off/toggle)
This action set or toggles the allowSendEvents resource and is also invoked by the allowsends entry in mainMenu.

redraw( )
This action redraws the window and is also invoked by the redraw entry in mainMenu.

send -signal(signame)
This action sends the signal named by signame to the xterm subprocess (the shell or program specified with the - e command line option) and is also invoked by the suspend, continue, interrupt, hangup, terminate, and kill entries in mainMenu. Allowable signal names are (case is not significant): tstp (if supported by the operating system), suspend (same as tstp), cont (if supported by the operating system), int, hup, term, quit, alrm, alarm (same as alrm) and kill.

quit( )
This action sends a SIGHUP to the subprogram and exits. It is also invoked by the quit entry in mainMenu.

Set-scrollbar(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollbar resource and is also invoked by the scrollbar entry in vtMenu.

Set-jumpscroll(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the jumpscroll resource and is also invoked by the jumpscroll entry in vtMenu.

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set reverse-video(on/off/ogglet)
This action toggles the reverseVideo resource and is also invoked by the reversevideo entry in vtMenu.

set-autowrap(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles automatic wrapping of long lines and is also invoked by the autowrap entry in vtMenu.

set-reversewrap(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the reverse Wrap resource and is also invoked by the reversewrap entry in vtMenu.

set-autolinefeed(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles automatic insertion of linefeeds and is also invoked by the autolinefeed entry in vtMenu.

set-appcursor(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the handling Application Cursor Key mode and is also invoked by the appcursor entry in vtMenu

set-appkey pad (on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the handling of Application Keypad mode and is also invoked by the appkeypad entry in vtMenu.

set-scroll-on-key(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollKey resource and is also invoked from the scrollkey entry in vtMenu.

set-scroll-on-tty-output(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollTtyOutput resource and is also invoked from the scrollttyoutput entry in vtMenu.

set-allow132(onloffitoggle)
This action toggles the c132 resource and is also invoked from the allowl32 entry in vtMenu.

set-cursesemul (onloffitoggle)
This action toggles the curses resource and is also invoked from the cursesemul entry in vtMenu.

set-visual -bell(on/off/ toggle)
This action toggles the VisualBell resource and is also invoked by the visualbell entry in vtMenu.

set-marginbell(onloffitoggle)
This action toggles the marginBell resource and is also invoked from the marginbell entry in vtMenu.

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set-altscreen(onloffitoggle)
This action toggles between the alternate and current screens.

soft reset( )
This action resets the scrolling region and is also invoked from the softreset entry in vtMenu.

hard reset( )
This action resets the scrolling region, tabs, window size, and cursor keys and clears the screen. It is also invoked from the hardreset entry in vtMenu.

clear saved-lines( )
This action does hard-reset( ) (see above) and also clears the history of lines saved off the top of the screen. It is also invoked from the clearsavedlines entry in vtMenu.

set-terminal-type(type)
This action directs output to either the vt or Xek windows, according to the type string. It is also invoked by the tekmode entry in vtMenu and the vtmode entry in tekMenu.

set-visibility(vtitek,onloffitoggle)
This action controls whether or not the vt or tek windows are visible. It is also invoked from the tekshow and vthide entries in vtMenu and the vtshow and tekhide entries in tekMenu.

set-tek-text(large/2/3/small)
This action sets font used in the Tektronix window to the value of the resources tektextlarge, tektext2, tektext3, and tektextsmall according to the argument. It is also by the entries of the same names as the resources in tekMenu.

tek-page( )
This action clears the Tektronix window and is also invoked by the tekpage entry in tekMenu.

tek-reset( )
This action resets the Tektronix window and is also invoked by the tekreset entry in tekMenu.

tek-copy( )
This action copies the escape codes used to generate the current window contents to a file in the current directory beginning with the name COPY. It is also invoked from the teksopy cntry in tekMenu.

visual-bell( )
This action flashes the window quickly.

The Tektronix window also has the following action:

gin-press(l/L/m/M/r/R)
This action sends the indicated graphics input code.

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The default bindings in the VT102 window are:

Shift < KeyPress> Prior: scroll-back(l,halfpage) n
Shift < KeyPress> Next: scroll-forw(l,halfpage) n
Shift < KeyPress> Select: select-cursor-start( )
select-cursor-end(PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFER0) n
Shift < keyPress> Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) n
~Meta< KeyPress>: insert-seven-bit( ) n
Meta< KeyPress>: insert-eight-bit( ) n
!Ctrl < BtnDown>: popup-menu(mainMenu) n
!Lock Ctrl < Btn1Down>: popup-menu(mainMenu) n
~Meta < Btn1Down>: select-start( ) n
~Meta < Btn1Motion>: select-extend( ) n
!Ctrl < Btn2Down>: popup-menu(vtMenu) n
!Lock Ctrl < Btn2Down>: popup-menu(vtMenu) n
~Ctrl ~Meta < Btn2Down>: ignore( ) n
~Ctrl ~Meta < Btn2Up>: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFPER0) n
!Ctrl < Btn3Down>: popup-menu(fontMenu) n
!Lock Ctrl < Btn3Down>: popup-menu(fontMenu) n
~Ctrl ~Meta < Btn3Down>: start-extend( ) n
~Meta < Btn3Motion>: select-extend( ) n
< BtnUp>: select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) n
< BtnDown>: bell(0)


The default bindings in the Tektronix window are:



~Meta< KeyPress>: insert-seven-bit( ) n
Meta< KeyPress>: insert-eight-bit( ) n
!Ctrl < BtnlDown>: popup-menu(mainMenu) n
!Lock Ctrl < BtnlDown>: popup-menu(mainMenu) n
!Ctrl < Btn2Down>: popup-menu(tekMenu) n
!lock Ctrl < Btn2Down>: popup-menu(tekMenu) n
Shift ~Meta< BtnlDown>: gin-press(L) n
~Meta< BtnlDown>: gin-press(l) n
Shift ~Meta< Btn2Down>: gin-press(M) n
~Meta< Btn2Down>: gin-press(m) n
Shift ~Meta< Btn3Down>: gin-press(R) n
~Meta< Btn3Down>: gin-press(r)

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Below is a sample how of the keymap( ) action is used to add special keys for entering commonly-typed works:

*VT100.Translations: # override < Key> F13: keymap(dbx)
*VT100.dbxKeymap.translations:
< Key> F14: keymap(None) n
< Key> F17: string("next") string(00d) n
< Key> F18: string("step") string(00d) n
< Key> Fl9: string("continue") string(00d) n
< Key> F20: string("print ") insert-selection(PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFERO)

ENVIRONMENT
Xterm sets the environment variables "TERM" and "TERMCAP" properly for the size window you have created. It also uses and sets the environment variable "DISPLAY" to specify which bit map display terminal to use. The environment variable "WINDOWID" is set to the X window id number of the xterm window.

SEE ALSO
resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4)
Xterm Control Sequences

BUGS
Large pastes do not work on some systems. This is not a bug in xterm; it is a bug in the pseudo terminal driver of those systems. xterm feeds large pastes to the pty only as fast as the pty will accept data, but some pty drivers do not return enough information to know if the write has succeeded.

Many of the options are not resettle after xterm starts.

Only fixed-width, character-cell fonts are supported.

This program still needs to be rewritten. It should be split into very modular sections, with the various emulators being completely separate widgets that don't know about each other. Ideally, you'd like to be able to pick and choose emulator widgets and stick them into a single control widget.

There needs to be a dialog box to allow entry of the Tek COPY file name.

AUTHORS
Far too many people, including:

Loretta Guarino Reid (DEC-UEG-WSL), Joel McCormick (DEC-UEG-WSL), Terry Weissman (DEC-UEG-WSL), Edward Moy (Berkeley), Ralph R. Swick (MIT-Athena), Mark Vandevoorde (MIT-Athena), Bob McNamara (DEC-MAD), Jim Gettys (MIT-Athena), Bob Scheifler (MIT X Consortium), Doug Mink (SAO), Steve Pitschkce (Stellar), Ron Newman (MIT-Athena), Jim Fulton (MIT X Consortium), Dave Serisky (HP), Jonathan Kamens (MIT-Athena)

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NAME
xwd - dump an image of an X window

SYNOPSIS
xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value] [-root |-id id | -name name ] [-icemap] [-screen] [-display display]

DESCRIPTION
Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility. Xwd allows X users to store window images in a specially formatted dump file. This file can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing, editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc. The target window is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window. The keyboard bell is rung once at the beginning of the dump and twice when the dump is completed.

OPTIONS

- display display
This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to; see X(1).

-help
Print out the 'Usage:' command syntax summary.

-nobdrs
This argument specifies that the window dump should not include the pixels that compose the X window border. This is useful in situations where you may wish to include the window contents in a document as an illustration.

- out file
This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output file on the command line. The default is to output to standard out.

- xy
This option applies to color displays only. It selects 'XY' format dumping instead of the default 'Z' format.

- add value
This option specifies an signed value to be added to every pixel.

- frame
This option indicates that the window manager frame should be included when manually selecting a window.

- root
This option indicates that the root window should be selected for the window dump, without requiring the user to select a window with the pointer.

- id id
This option indicates that the window with the specified resource id should be selected for the window dump, without requiring the user to select a window with the pointer.

-name name
This option indicates that the window with the specified WM_NAME property should be selected for the window dump, without requiring the user to select a window with the pointer.

-icmap
Normally the colormap of the chosen window is used to obtain RGB values. This option forces the first installed colormap of the screen to be used instead.

-screen
This option indicates that the GetImage request used to obtain the image should be done on the root window, rather than directly on the specified window. In this way, you can obtain pieces of other windows that overlap the specified window, and more importantly, you can capture menus or other popups that are independent windows but appear over the specified window.

ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
To get default host and display number.

FILES
XWDFile.h
X Window Dump File format definition file.

SEE ALSO
xwud(1), xpr(1), X(1)

AUTHORS
Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena
William F. Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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NAME
xwininfo - window information utility for X

SYNOPSIS
xwininfo [- help] [- id id] [- root] [- name name] [- int] [- children] [- tree] [-stats] [- bits] [-events] [- size] [- wm] [- shape] [- frame] [- all] [- english] [- metric] [- display display]

DESCRIPTION
Xwininfo is a utility for displaying information about windows. Various information is displayed depending on which options are selected. If no options are chosen, - stats is assumed.

The user has the option of selecting the target window with the mouse (by clicking any mouse button in the desired window) or by specifying its window id on the command line with the - id option. Or instead of specifying the window by its id number, the - name option may be used to specify which window is desired by name. There is also a special - root option to quickly obtain information on the screen's root window.

OPTIONS

- help
Print out the 'Usage:' command syntax summary.

- id id
This option allows the user to specify a target window id on the command line rather than using the mouse to select the target window. This is very useful in debugging X applications where the target window is not mapped to the screen or where the use of the mouse might be impossible or interfere with the application.

- name name
This option allows the user to specify that the window named name is the target window on the command line rather than using the mouse to select the target window.

- root
This option specifies that X's root window is the target window. This is useful in situations where the root window is completely obscured.

- int
This option specifies that all X window ids should be displayed as integer values. The default is to display them as hexadecimal values.

- children
This option causes the root, parent, and children windows' ids and names of the selected window to be displayed.

- tree
This option is like - children but displays all children recursively.

- stats
This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining to the location and appearance of the selected window. Information displayed includes the location of the window, its width and height, its depth, border width, class, colormap id if any, map state, backing-store hint, and location of the corners.

- bits
This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining to the selected window's raw bits and how the selected window is to be stored. Displayed information includes the selected window's bit gravity, window gravity, backing-store hint, backing-planes value, backing pixel, and whether or not the window has save-under set.

- events
This option causes the selected window's event masks to be displayed. Both the event mask of events wanted by some client and the event mask of events not to propagate are displayed.

- size
This option causes the selected window's sizing hints to be displayed. Displayed information includes: for both the normal size hints and the zoom size hints, the user supplied location if any; the program supplied location if any; the user supplied size if any; the program supplied size if any; the minimum size if any; the maximum size if any; the resize increments if any; and the minimum and maximum aspect ratios if any.

- wm
This option causes the selected window's window manager hints to be displayed. Information displayed may include whether or not the application accepts input, what the window's icon window # and name is, where the window's icon should go, and what the window's initial state should be.

- shape
This option causes the selected window's window and border shape extents to be displayed.

- frame
This option causes window manager frames to be considered when manually selecting windows.

- metric
This option causes all individual height, width, and x and y positions to be displayed in millimeters as well as number of pixels, based on what the server thinks the resolution is. Geometry specifications that are in + x+ y form are not changed.

- english
This option causes all individual height, width, and x and y positions to be displayed in inches (and feet, yards, and miles if necessary) as well as number of pixels. - metric and - english may both be enabled at the same time.

- all
This option is a quick way to ask for all information possible.

- display display
This option allows you to specify the server to connect to; see X(1).

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EXAMPLE
The following is a sample summary taken with no options specified:

xwininfo: Window id: 060000f "xterm"

Absolute upper-left X: 2
Absolute upper-left Y: 85
Relative upper-left X: 0
Relative upper-left Y: 25
Width: 579
Height: 316
Depth: 8
Visual Class: PseudoColor
Border width: 0
Class: InputOputut
Colormap: 027 (installed)
Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Backing Store State: NotUseful
Save Under State: no
Map State: IsViewable
Override Redirect State: no
Corners: + 2+ 85 -699+ 85 -699-623 + 2-623
-geometry 8024+ 0+ 58

ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
To get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO
X(1), xprop(1)

BUGS
Using - stats - bits shows some redundant information.

The -geometry string displayed must make assumptions about the window's border width and the behavior of the application and the window manager. As a result, the location given is not always correct.

AUTHOR
Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena

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NAME
xwud - image displayer for X

SYNOPSIS
xwud [-in file] [-noclick] [-geometry geom] [-display display] [-new] [-std < maptype> ] [-raw] [-vis < vistype-or-id> ] [-help] [-rv] [-plane number] [-fg color] [-bg color]

DESCRIPTION
Xwud is an X Window System image undumping utility. Xwud allows X users to display in a window an image saved in a specially formatted dump file, such as produced by xwd(1).

OPTIONS
- bg color
If a bitmap image (or a single plane of an image) is displayed, this option can be used to specify the color to display for the "0" bits in the image.

- display display
This option allows you to specify the server to connect to; see X(1).

- fg color
If a bitmap image (or a single plane of an image) is displayed, this option can be used to specify the color to display for the "1" bits in the image.

- geometry geom
This option allows you to specify the size and position of the window. Typically you will only want to specify the position, and let the size default to the actual size of the image.

- help
Print out a short description of the allowable options.

- in file
This option allows the user to explicitly specify the input file on the command line. If no input file is given, the standard input is assumed.

- new
This option forces creation of a new colormap for displaying the image. If the image characteristics happen to match those of the display, this can get the image on the screen faster, but at the cost of using a new colormap (which on most displays will ease other windows to go technicolor) .

- noclick
Clicking any button in the window will terminate the application, unless this option is specified.
Termination can always be achieved by typing 'q', 'Q', or ctrl-c.

- plane number
You can select a single bit plane of the image to display with this option. Planes are numbered with zero being the least significant bit. This option can be used to figure out which plane to pass to xpr(1) for printing.

- raw
This option forces the image to be displayed with whatever color values happen to currently exist on the screen. This option is mostly useful when undumping an image back onto the same screen that the image originally came from, while the original windows are still on the screen, and results in getting the image on the screen faster.

- rv
If a bitmap image (or a single plane of an image) is displayed, this option forces the foreground and background colors to be swapped. This may be needed when displaying a bitmap image which has the color sense of pixel values "0" and "1" reversed from what they are on your display.

- std maptype
This option causes the image to be displayed using the specified Standard Colormap. The property name is obtained by converting the type to upper case, prepending "RGB_", and appending "_MAP". Typical types are "best", "default", and "gray". See xstdomap(1) for one way of creating Standard Corollas.

- vis vis-type-or-id
This option allows you to specify a particular visual or visual class. The default is to pick the "best" one. A particular class can be specified: "StaticGray", "GrayScale", "StaticColor", "PseudoColor", "DirectColor", or "TrueColor". Or "Match" can be specified, meaning use the same class as the source image. Alternatively, an exact visual id (specific to the server) can be specified, either as a hexadecimal number (prefixed with "0x") or as a decimal number. Finally, "default" can be specified, meaning to use the same class as the colormap of the root window. Case is not significant in any of these strings.

ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
To get default display.

FILES
XWDFile.h
X Window Dump File format definition file.

SEE ALSO
xwd(1), xpr(1), xstdcmap(1), X(1)

AUTHOR
Bob Scheifler, MIT X Consortium

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