114 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
114 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
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.TH XSETROOT 1 __xorgversion__
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.SH NAME
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xsetroot \- root window parameter setting utility for X
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B xsetroot
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[-help] [-def] [-display \fIdisplay\fP]
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[-cursor \fIcursorfile maskfile\fP]
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[-cursor_name \fIcursorname\fP]
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[-xcf \fIcursorfile\fP \fIcursorsize\fP]
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[-bitmap \fIfilename\fP]
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[-mod \fIx y\fP] [-gray] [-grey] [-fg \fIcolor\fP] [-bg \fIcolor\fP] [-rv]
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[-solid \fIcolor\fP] [-name \fIstring\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.I xsetroot
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program
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allows you to tailor the appearance of the background ("root")
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window on a workstation display running X. Normally, you experiment with
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.I xsetroot
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until you find a personalized look that you like, then put the
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.I xsetroot
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command that produces it into your X startup file.
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If no options are specified, or if
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.I -def
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is specified, the window is reset to its default state. The
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.I -def
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option can be specified along with other options and only the non-specified
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characteristics will be reset to the default state.
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.PP
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Only one of the background color/tiling changing options
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(-solid, -gray, -grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be specified at a time.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.PP
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The various options are as follows:
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.IP \fB-help\fP
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Print a usage message and exit.
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.IP \fB-def\fP
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Reset unspecified attributes to the default values. (Restores the background
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to the familiar gray mesh and the cursor to the hollow x shape.)
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.IP "\fB-cursor\fP \fIcursorfile\fP \fImaskfile\fP"
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This lets you change the pointer cursor to whatever
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you want when the pointer cursor is outside of any window.
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Cursor and mask files are bitmaps (little pictures), and can be made with the
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.I bitmap(1)
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program. You probably want the mask file to be all black until you
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get used to the way masks work.
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.IP "\fB-cursor_name\fP \fIcursorname\fP
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This lets you change the pointer cursor to one of the standard
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cursors from the cursor font. Refer to appendix B of the X protocol for
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the names (except that the XC_ prefix is elided for this option).
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.IP "\fB-xcf\fP \fIcursorfile\fP \fIcursorsize\fP"
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This lets you change the pointer cursor to one loaded from an Xcursor file
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as defined by libXcursor, at the specified size.
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.IP "\fB-bitmap\fP \fIfilename\fP"
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Use the bitmap specified in the file to set the window pattern. You can
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make your own bitmap files (little pictures) using the
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.I bitmap(1)
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program. The entire background will be made up of repeated "tiles" of
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the bitmap.
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.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fIx\fP \fIy\fP"
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This is used if you want a plaid-like grid pattern on your screen.
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x and y are integers ranging from 1 to 16. Try the different combinations.
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Zero and negative numbers are taken as 1.
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.IP \fB-gray\fP
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Make the entire background gray. (Easier on the eyes.)
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.IP \fB-grey\fP
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Make the entire background grey.
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.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolor\fP"
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Use ``color'' as the foreground color. Foreground and background colors
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are meaningful only in combination with -cursor, -bitmap, or -mod.
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.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolor\fP"
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Use ``color'' as the background color.
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.IP \fB-rv\fP
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This exchanges the foreground and background colors. Normally the foreground
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color is black and the background color is white.
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.IP "\fB-solid\fP \fIcolor\fP"
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This sets the background of the root window to the specified color. This
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option is only useful on color servers.
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.IP "\fB-name\fP \fIstring\fP"
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Set the name of the root window to ``string''. There is no default value.
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Usually a name is assigned to a window so that the
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window manager can use a text representation when the window is iconified.
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This option is unused since you can't iconify the background.
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.IP "\fB-display\fP \fIdisplay\fP"
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Specifies the server to connect to; see \fIX(__miscmansuffix__)\fP.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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X(__miscmansuffix__), xset(1), xrdb(1), Xcursor(__libmansuffix__)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena
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