XINIT(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual XINIT(1) NAME xinit - X window system initializer SYNOPSIS xinit [[client] options] [-- [server] [display] options] DESCRIPTION _X_i_n_i_t is intended to be used when the X window system server is not run automatically from _i_n_i_t(_8), and the window system must be started from a shell running on the display. This might be true, for example, if a normal login is run in a glass-tty emulator on a workstation console, so that dif- ferent window systems can easily be run on the display at different times. _X_i_n_i_t starts up the server and a single client application, which is typically _x_t_e_r_m(_1). When the client eventually terminates, _x_i_n_i_t automatically kills off the server and then itself terminates. By default, _x_i_n_i_t expects the server to exist in an execut- able named ``X'' in the search path, and for _x_t_e_r_m(_1) to also exist in the search path. It starts up the X server on display 0, and then starts up xterm =+1+1 -n login unix:0 A different client and/or server can be specified in the command line, and command line options can be passed to both the server and the client. The client and its options come first in the command line. The server and its options must be preceded by ``--''. If the first argument to xinit begins with `/' or a letter, it is taken to be the client program to use instead of xterm, and none of the default xterm options are used. Otherwise, the first and subsequent arguments are simply appended as further options to the default _x_t_e_r_m command line. Following the ``--'' argument, if the next argument begins with `/' or a letter, it is taken to be the server program to use instead of ``X''. If the next argument begins with a digit, it is taken to be the display number; otherwise display 0 is assumed. The remaining arguments are added as options to the server command line. Examples: xinit =80x65+10+10 -fn 8x13 -j -fg white -bg navy xinit -e widgets -- Xsun -l -c xinit rsh fasthost cpupig workstation:1 -- 1 -a 2 -t 5 AUTHOR Copyright (c) 1986 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Printed 1/10/87 25 January 1986 1 XINIT(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual XINIT(1) See _X(_1) for a complete copyright notice. Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science SEE ALSO X(8C), xterm(1) Printed 1/10/87 25 January 1986 2