The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
NAME xdmxconfig – a graphical configuration tool for Xdmx configuration files SYNOPSIS xdmxconfig [filename] DESCRIPTION xdmxconfig reads, edits, and writes configuration files for the Xdmx server. The grammar for the configuration file is specified in the Xdmx(1) manual page. To start from scratch, create a "New Global" and specify the name and overall dimensions for…
NAME xdm – X Display Manager with support for XDMCP, host chooser SYNOPSIS xdm [ -config configuration_file ] [ -nodaemon ] [ -debug debug_level ] [ -error error_log_file ] [ -resources resource_file ] [ -server server_entry ] [ -session session_program ] DESCRIPTION Xdm manages a collection of X displays, which may be on the local…
NAME xditview – display ditroff output SYNOPSIS xditview [ –toolkitoption … ] [ –option … ] [ filename ] DESCRIPTION The xditview program displays ditroff output on an X display. It uses no special metrics and automatically converts the printer coordinates into screen coordinates; using the user-specified screen resolution, rather than the actual resolution so…
NAME xdg-user-dirs-update – Update XDG user dir configuration SYNOPSIS xdg-user-dirs-update [OPTION…] [–set NAME PATH…] DESCRIPTION xdg-user-dirs-update updates the current state of the users user-dirs.dir. If none existed before then one is created based on the system default values, or falling back to the old non-translated filenames if such directories exists. The list of old directories used are:…
NAME xdg-user-dir – Find an XDG user dir SYNOPSIS xdg-user-dir [NAME] DESCRIPTION xdg-user-dir looks up the current path for one of the special XDG user dirs. This command expects the name of an XDG user dir as argument. The possible names are: DESKTOP DOWNLOAD TEMPLATES PUBLICSHARE DOCUMENTS MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS FILES The values are looked…
NAME xdg-settings – get various settings from the desktop environment SYNOPSIS xdg-settings {get | check | set} {property} [subproperty] [value] xdg-settings {–help | –list | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION xdg-settings gets various settings from the desktop environment. For instance, desktop environments often provide proxy configuration and default web browser settings. Using xdg-settings these parameters can…
NAME xdg-screensaver – command line tool for controlling the screensaver SYNOPSIS xdg-screensaver suspend WindowID xdg-screensaver resume WindowID xdg-screensaver {activate | lock | reset | status} xdg-screensaver {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION xdg-screensaver provides commands to control the screensaver. xdg-screensaver is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-screensaver as root….
NAME xdg-open – opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application SYNOPSIS xdg-open {file | URL} xdg-open {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user’s preferred web browser. If a file…
NAME xdg-mime – command line tool for querying information about file type handling and adding descriptions for new file types SYNOPSIS xdg-mime query {filetype | default} … xdg-mime default application mimetype(s) xdg-mime install [–mode mode] [–novendor] mimetypes-file xdg-mime uninstall [–mode mode] mimetypes-file xdg-mime {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION The xdg-mime program can be used to query…
NAME xdg-icon-resource – command line tool for (un)installing icon resources SYNOPSIS xdg-icon-resource install [–noupdate] [–novendor] [–theme theme] [–context context] [–mode mode] –size size icon-file [icon-name] xdg-icon-resource uninstall [–noupdate] [–theme theme] [–context context] [–mode mode] –size size icon-name xdg-icon-resource forceupdate [–theme theme] [–mode mode] xdg-icon-resource {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION The xdg-icon-resource program can be used to install icon resources into the desktop icon system…
NAME xdg-email – command line tool for sending mail using the user’s preferred e-mail composer SYNOPSIS xdg-email [–utf8] [–cc address] [–bcc address] [–subject text] [–body text] [–attach file] [mailto-uri | address(es)] xdg-email {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION xdg-email opens the user’s preferred e-mail composer in order to send a mail to address(es) or mailto-uri. RFC2368 defines mailto: URIs. xdg-email…
NAME xdg-desktop-menu – command line tool for (un)installing desktop menu items SYNOPSIS xdg-desktop-menu install [–noupdate] [–novendor] [–mode mode] directory-file(s) desktop-file(s) xdg-desktop-menu uninstall [–noupdate] [–mode mode] directory-file(s) desktop-file(s) xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate [–mode mode] xdg-desktop-menu {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION The xdg-desktop-menu program can be used to install new menu entries to the desktop’s application menu. The application menu works…
NAME xdg-desktop-icon – command line tool for (un)installing icons to the desktop SYNOPSIS xdg-desktop-icon install [–novendor] FILE xdg-desktop-icon uninstall FILE xdg-desktop-icon {–help | –manual | –version} DESCRIPTION The xdg-desktop-icon program can be used to install an application launcher or other file on the desktop of the current user. An application launcher is represented by a…
NAME xdg-dbus-proxy – D-Bus proxy SYNOPSIS xdg-dbus-proxy [OPTION…] [ADDRESS PATH [OPTION…]…] DESCRIPTION xdg-dbus-proxy is a filtering proxy for D-Bus connections. Its arguments are one or more ADDRESS–PATH pairs specifying the buses to proxy, with options that specify what filtering to apply. Basic Operation The proxy listens to the unix domain socket at PATH, and for each client…
NAME xdelta3 – VCDIFF (RFC 3284) binary diff tool SYNOPSIS xdelta3 [command] [options] [input [output]] DESCRIPTION xdelta3 is a binary diff tool that uses the VCDIFF (RFC 3284) format and compression. COMMANDS config prints xdelta3 configuration decode decompress the input, also set by -d encode compress the input, also set by -e (default) test run…
NAME xcutsel – interchange between cut buffer and selection SYNOPSIS xcutsel [ -toolkitoption …] [-selection selection] [-cutbuffer number] DESCRIPTION The xcutsel program is used to copy the current selection into a cut buffer and to make a selection that contains the current contents of the cut buffer. It acts as a bridge between applications that…
NAME xcursorgen – create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images SYNOPSIS xcursorgen [ -V ] [ –version ] [ -? ] [ –help ] [ -p dir ] [ –prefix dir ] [ config-file [ output-file ] ] DESCRIPTION Xcursorgen reads the config-file to find the list of cursor images along…
NAME xcscope.el – xemacs cscope lisp support package DESCRIPTION xcscope is a lisp package for use in integrating cscope functionality into xemacs INSTALLATION Installation steps: 0. (It is, of course, assumed that cscope is already properly installed on the current system.) 1. Ensure that the location of cscope-indexer is located in your path 2. Ensure that…
NAME xconsole – monitor system console messages with X SYNOPSIS xconsole [-toolkitoption …] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail] DESCRIPTION The xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. OPTIONS Xconsole accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: -file file-name To monitor…
NAME xcmsdb – Device Color Characterization utility for X Color Management System SYNOPSIS xcmsdb [ -query ] [ -remove ] [ -format 32|16|8 ] [ -help ] [ -version ] [ filename ] DESCRIPTION xcmsdb is used to load, query, or remove Device Color Characterization data stored in properties on the root window of the…