PFT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 6, 1989
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NAME
pft - communicate with PostScript Window Server
SYNOPSIS
pft
[
-NXHost
hostname ] [
-f
file ] [
-run
file ] [
-s
] [
-h
] [
-r
] [
-p
] [
-NXPSName
string ]
DESCRIPTION
pft
is a simple program for communicating with the PostScript Window Server.
pft
first forms a connection to a Window Server. It then
sends characters typed by the user to the Window Server, and it
prints out data received from the Window Server. Use Control-D to
generate an end-of-file, which will cause
pft
to exit.
At startup time,
pft
looks for the file ~/.pftrc.
If it exists, it sends its contents to the Window Server after the connection to the server is made. This is a convenient place to define utility procs.
Normally, special definitions of =, == and pstack are
downloaded at startup time to ensure their results are flushed back to
pft
for immediate display. The -r option causes
pft
to skip these redefinitions.
OPTIONS
- -NXHost
-
Directs
pft
to connect to the Window Server running on the machine
hostname.
If this option isn't used, the local Window Server is assumed.
The option -host is equivalent.
- -f
-
Causes the contents of
file
to be executed using the PostScript run operator.
The main difference between -run and -f is that the
run operator will stop executing the file after the first
PostScript error is encountered, whereas under
-f, execution of the file continues after errors
(just as if you had types the contents in by hand).
- -run
-
Causes the contents of
file
to be sent to the Window Server before user input is accepted.
Note that file must be an absolute pathname.
- -s
-
Causes
pft
to exit after a file specified with
-f
is sent to the Window Server.
- -h
-
Supresses the use of ~/.pftrc.
- -r
-
Suppresses loading new diefinitions for =, ==, and pstack.
- -p
-
Creates a secure DPS context, disallowing file writing.
- -NXPSName
-
Sets the string that
pft
uses to find the Window Server that it will connect to. This is the
name that the Window Server used to register itself with the Network
Message Server (nmserver).
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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