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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xinit/startx.man,v 1.7 2001/04/19 15:08:32 dawes Exp $ .\" -.TH STARTX 1 __xorgversion__ +.TH STARTX __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ .SH NAME startx \- initialize an X session .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ startx \- initialize an X session .I options \&.\|.\|. ] .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fIstartx\fP script is a front end to \fIxinit\fP that provides a +The \fBstartx\fP script is a front end to +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__) +that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. It is often run with no arguments. .PP Arguments immediately following the .I startx command are used to start a client in the same manner as -.IR xinit (1). +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__). The special argument .RB '--' marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options. @@ -61,9 +63,9 @@ per-session basis the default color depth, the server's notion of the number of dots-per-inch the display device presents, or take advantage of a different server layout, as permitted by the -.IR __XSERVERNAME__ (1) +.BR __XSERVERNAME__ (__appmansuffix__) server and specified in the -.IR __XCONFIGFILE__ (__filemansuffix__) +.BR __XCONFIGFILE__ (__filemansuffix__) file. Some examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult the manual page for your X server to determine which arguments are legal. .RS @@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ startx -- -layout Multihead #ifdef __SCOMAN__ .PP To determine the client to run, -.I startx +.B startx looks for the following files, in order: .RS .PP @@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ looks for the following files, in order: #else .PP To determine the client to run, -.I startx +.B startx first looks for a file called .I .xinitrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses @@ -105,10 +107,10 @@ library directory. #endif If command line client options are given, they override this behavior and revert to the -.IR xinit (1) +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__) behavior. To determine the server to run, -.I startx +.B startx first looks for a file called .I .xserverrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses @@ -119,12 +121,12 @@ in the library directory. If command line server options are given, they override this behavior and revert to the -.IR xinit (1) +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__) behavior. Users rarely need to provide a .I .xserverrc file. See the -.IR xinit (1) +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__) manual page for more details on the arguments. .PP The system-wide @@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ The .I .xinitrc is typically a shell script which starts many clients according to the user's preference. When this shell script exits, -.I startx +.B startx kills the server and performs any other session shutdown needed. Most of the clients started by .I .xinitrc @@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ This is to prevent the X server, if not given the .I \-auth argument, from automatically setting up insecure host-based authentication for the local host. See the -.IR Xserver (1) +.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__) and .IR Xsecurity (__miscmansuffix__) manual pages for more information on X client/server authentication. @@ -216,6 +218,6 @@ Server to run if the user has no .I .xserverrc file. .SH "SEE ALSO" -.IR xinit (1), -.IR Xserver (1), -.IR __XSERVERNAME__ (1) +.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__), +.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__), +.BR __XSERVERNAME__ (__appmansuffix__) |