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Xt_options(XC)


Xt_options -- standard X Toolkit command-line options

Syntax

command [options]

Description

X applications use the X Toolkit to understand a set of command-line options.

Options:

The common options are:

-bg
specifies background color

-background
specifies background color

-bd
specifies border color

-bw
specifies width of border in pixels

-borderwidth
specifies width of border in pixels

-bordercolor
specifies color of border

-display
specifies server to use

-fg
specifies foreground color

-foreground
specifies foreground color

-font
specifies font name

-fn
specifies font name

-geometry
specifies position and size

-iconic
specifies icon

-name
specifies name of application

-reverse
sets reverse video

-rv
sets reverse video

+rv
unsets reverse video

-selectionTimeout
sets selection timeout

-synchronous
sets synchronous debug mode

+synchronous
unsets synchronous debug bug

-title
specifies title of application

-T
specifies title of application

-xrm
specifies a widget or application resource

Examples

If you are starting scoterm and you want to change your background color to red, enter the following at your prompt:

scoterm -background red

or

scoterm -bg red

or

scoterm -xrm '*background: red'

Known limitations

Although X applications that use the X Toolkit understand these command-line options, some exceptions exist:
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