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diff --git a/man/xset.man b/man/xset.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff46e9f --- /dev/null +++ b/man/xset.man @@ -0,0 +1,298 @@ +.\" Copyright 1988, 1998 The Open Group +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its +.\" documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that +.\" the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting +.\" documentation. +.\" +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPEN GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR +.\" OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, +.\" ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +.\" OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall +.\" not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or +.\" other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization +.\" from The Open Group. +.\" +.TH XSET 1 __xorgversion__ +.SH NAME +xset - user preference utility for X +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B xset +[-display \fIdisplay\fP] +.br +[-b] [b {on|off}] [b [\fIvolume\fP [\fIpitch\fP [\fIduration\fP]]]] +.br +[-bc] [bc] +.br +[-c] [c {on|off}] [c [\fIvolume\fP]] +.br +[+dpms] [-dpms] +.br + [dpms \fIstandby\fP [\fI suspend\fP [\fI off\fP]]] + [dpms force {standby|suspend|off|on}] +.br +[fp=\fIpathlist\fP] +[-fp=\fIpathlist\fP] +[+fp=\fIpathlist\fP] +[fp-\fIpathlist\fP] +[fp+\fIpathlist\fP] +.br +[fp default] [fp rehash] +.br +[-led [\fIinteger\fP|named \fIindicator\fP]] +[led [\fIinteger\fP|named \fIindicator\fP]] +.br +[led {on|off}] +.br +[mouse [\fIaccel_mult\fP[/\fIaccel_div\fP] [\fIthreshold\fP]]] [mouse default] +.br +[p \fIpixel\fP \fIcolor\fP] +.br +[-r [keycode]] [r [keycode]] +[r {on|off}] [r rate \fIdelay\fP [\fIrate\fP]] +.br +[s [\fIlength\fP [\fIperiod\fP]]] [s {blank|noblank}] +[s {expose|noexpose}] [s {on|off}] [s default] [s activate] [s reset] +.br +[q] +.SH DESCRIPTION +This program is used to set various user preference options of the display. +.SH OPTIONS +.PP +.TP 8 +.B \-display \fIdisplay\fP +This option specifies the server to use; see \fIX(__miscmansuffix__)\fP. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B b +The \fBb\fP option controls bell volume, pitch and duration. +This option accepts up to three numerical parameters, a preceding +dash(-), or a 'on/off' flag. If no parameters are +given, or the 'on' flag is used, the system defaults will be used. +If the dash or 'off' are given, the bell will be turned +off. +If only one numerical parameter is given, the +bell volume will be set to that value, as a percentage of its maximum. +Likewise, the second numerical +parameter specifies the bell pitch, in hertz, and +the third numerical parameter +specifies the duration in milliseconds. Note that not +all hardware can vary the bell characteristics. The X server will set +the characteristics of the bell as closely as it can to the user's +specifications. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B bc +The \fBbc\fP option controls \fIbug compatibility\fP mode in the server, +if possible; a preceding dash(-) disables the mode, otherwise the mode +is enabled. Various pre-R4 clients pass illegal values in some +protocol requests, and pre-R4 servers did not correctly generate +errors in these cases. Such clients, when run against an R4 server, +will terminate abnormally or otherwise fail to operate correctly. +Bug compatibility mode explicitly reintroduces certain bugs into the +X server, so that many such clients can still be run. This mode should be +used with care; new application development should be done with this mode +disabled. The server must support the MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD +protocol extension in order for this option to work. +.TP 8 +.B c +The \fBc\fP option controls key click. +This option can take an optional value, a preceding dash(-), +or an 'on/off' flag. +If no parameter or the 'on' flag is given, the system defaults +will be used. If the dash or 'off' flag is used, keyclick will be +disabled. +If a value from 0 to 100 is given, it is used to +indicate volume, as a percentage of the maximum. +The X server will set +the volume to the nearest value that the hardware can support. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B \-dpms +The \fB\-dpms\fP option disables DPMS (Energy Star) features. +.TP 8 +.B +dpms +The \fB+dpms\fP option enables DPMS (Energy Star) features. +.TP 8 +.B dpms \fIflags...\fP +The \fBdpms\fP option allows the DPMS (Energy Star) parameters to be +set. The option can take up to three numerical values, or the `force' +flag followed by a DPMS state. The `force' flags forces the server +to immediately switch to the DPMS state specified. The DPMS state can +be one of `standby', `suspend', `off', or `on'. When numerical values are +given, they set the inactivity period +(in units of seconds) +before the three modes are activated. +The first value given is for the `standby' mode, the second is for the +`suspend' mode, and the third is for the `off' mode. Setting these +values implicitly enables the DPMS features. A value of zero disables +a particular mode. +.TP 8 +.B fp= \fIpath,...\fP +The \fBfp=\fP sets the font path to the entries given in the path argument. +The entries are interpreted by the server, not by the client. +Typically they are directory names or font server names, but the +interpretation is server-dependent. +.TP 8 +.B fp \fBdefault\fP +The \fBdefault\fP argument causes the font path to be reset to the server's +default. +.TP 8 +.B fp \fBrehash\fP +The \fBrehash\fP argument resets the font path to its current value, +causing the server to reread the font databases in +the current font path. This is generally only used when adding new fonts to +a font directory (after running \fImkfontdir\fP to recreate the font database). +.PP +.TP 8 +.B "\-fp \fRor\fP fp\-" +The \fB\-fp\fP and \fBfp\-\fP options remove elements from the current +font path. They must be followed by a comma-separated list of entries. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B "\+fp \fRor\fP fp\+" +This \fB\+fp\fP and \fBfp\+\fP options prepend and append elements to the +current font path, respectively. They must be followed by a comma-separated +list of entries. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B led +The \fBled\fP option controls the keyboard LEDs. +This controls the turning on or off of one or all of the LEDs. +It accepts an optional integer, a preceding dash(-) or an 'on/off' flag. +If no parameter or the 'on' flag is given, all LEDs are turned on. +If a preceding dash or the flag 'off' is given, all LEDs are turned off. +If a value between 1 and 32 is given, that LED will be turned on or off +depending on the existence of a preceding dash. +``xset led 3'' would turn led #3 on. ``xset -led 3'' would turn it off. +The particular LED values may refer to different LEDs on different +hardware. +If the X server supports the XKEYBOARD (XKB) extension, leds may be +referenced by the XKB indicator name by specifying the `named' keyword +and the indicator name. For example, to turn on the Scroll Lock LED: +.IP +xset led named "Scroll Lock" +.PP +.TP 8 +.B mouse +The \fBm\fP option controls the mouse parameters; it may be +abbreviated to 'm'. Of course, it applies to most pointing devices, not just +mice. The parameters for the pointing device are `acceleration' and +`threshold'. The acceleration can be specified as an integer, or as a simple +fraction. Threshold is just an integer. The setting is applied to all connected +pointing devices. xinput(__appmansuffix__) should be used if you need device-specific settings. +.PP +By default the pointer (the on-screen representation of the pointing device) +will go `acceleration' times as fast when the device travels more than +`threshold' mickeys (i.e. would-be pixels) in 10 ms, including a small +transition range. This way, the pointing device can be used for precise +alignment when it is moved slowly, yet it can be set to travel across +the screen in a flick of the wrist when desired. One or both +parameters for the +.B m +option can be omitted, but if only one is +given, it will be interpreted as the acceleration. +If no parameters or the flag 'default' is used, the system defaults will +be set. +.PP +If the `threshold' parameter is provided and 0, the `acceleration' +parameter will be used in the exponent of a more natural and continuous +formula, giving precise control for slow motion but big reach for fast +motion, and a progressive transition for motions in between. +Recommended `acceleration' value in this case is 3/2 to 3, but not +limited to that range. +.PP +In the X.org X Server 1.6 and above, the behaviour described so far is linked +to the default profile. There are other profiles (i.e. functions determining +pointer acceleration from device velocity) and additional settings, so the +above description may not apply to non-default cases. In the X.org Server 1.7, +these are available as input device properties (see xinput). + +.PP +.TP 8 +.B p +The \fBp\fP option controls pixel color values. +The parameters are the color map entry number in decimal, +and a color specification. The root background colors may be changed +on some servers by altering the entries for BlackPixel and WhitePixel. +Although these are often 0 and 1, they need not be. Also, a server may +choose to allocate those colors privately, in which case an error will +be generated. The map entry must not be a read-only color, +or an error will result. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B r +The \fBr\fP option controls the autorepeat. +Invoking with "\fB-r\fP", or "\fBr\ off\fP", will disable autorepeat, whereas +"\fBr\fP", or "\fBr\ on\fP" will enable autorepeat. +Following the "\fB-r\fP" or "\fBr\fP" option with an integer keycode between 0 and +255 will disable or enable autorepeat on that key respectively, but only +if it makes sense for the particular keycode. Keycodes below 8 are +not typically valid for this command. Example: "\fBxset\ -r\ 10\fP" will +disable autorepeat for the "1" key on the top row of an IBM PC keyboard. + +If the server supports the XFree86-Misc extension, or the XKB extension, +then a parameter +of 'rate' is accepted and should be followed by zero, one or two numeric +values. The first specifies the delay before autorepeat starts and +the second specifies the repeat rate. In the case that the server +supports the XKB extension, the delay is the number of milliseconds +before autorepeat starts, and the rate is the number of repeats +per second. If the rate or delay is not given, it will be set +to the default value. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B s +The \fBs\fP option lets you set the screen saver parameters. +This option accepts up to two numerical parameters, a 'blank/noblank' +flag, an 'expose/noexpose' flag, an 'on/off' flag, an 'activate/reset' flag, +or the 'default' flag. +If no parameters or the 'default' flag is used, the system will be set +to its default screen saver characteristics. +The 'on/off' flags simply turn the screen saver functions on or off. +The 'activate' flag forces activation of screen saver even if the screen +saver had been turned off. +The 'reset' flag forces deactivation of screen saver if it is active. +The 'blank' flag sets the +preference to blank the video (if the hardware can do so) rather than +display a background pattern, while 'noblank' sets the +preference to display a pattern rather than blank the video. +The 'expose' flag sets the +preference to allow window exposures (the server can freely discard +window contents), while 'noexpose' sets the preference to disable +screen saver unless the server can regenerate the screens without +causing exposure events. +The length and period +parameters for the screen saver function determines how long the +server must be inactive for screen saving to activate, and the period +to change the background pattern to avoid burn in. +The arguments are specified in seconds. +If only one numerical parameter is given, it will be used for the length. +.PP +.TP 8 +.B q +The \fBq\fP option gives you information on the current settings. +.PP +These settings will be reset to default values when you log out. +.PP +Note that not all X implementations are guaranteed to honor all of these +options. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +X(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), xmodmap(__appmansuffix__), xrdb(__appmansuffix__), xsetroot(__appmansuffix__), xinput(__appmansuffix__) +.SH AUTHOR +Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science +.br +David Krikorian, MIT Project Athena (X11 version) +.br +XFree86-Misc support added by David Dawes and Joe Moss +.br +Manpage updates added by Mike A. 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