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- NAME
- xsetroot - root window parameter setting utility for X
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- SYNOPSIS
- xsetroot [-help] [-def] [-display display] [-cursor cursor-
- file maskfile] [-cursor_name cursorname] [-bitmap filename]
- [-mod x y] [-gray] [-grey] [-fg color] [-bg color] [-rv] [-
- solid color] [-name string]
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- DESCRIPTION
- The setroot program allows you to tailor the appearance of
- the background ("root") window on a workstation display run-
- ning X. Normally, you experiment with xsetroot until you
- find a personalized look that you like, then put the
- xsetroot command that produces it into your X startup file.
- If no options are specified, or if -def is specified, the
- window is reset to its default state. The -def option can
- be specified along with other options and only the non-
- specified characteristics will be reset to the default
- state.
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- Only one of the background color/tiling changing options (-
- solid, -gray, -grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be specified at
- a time.
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- OPTIONS
- The various options are as follows:
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- -help
- Print a usage message and exit.
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- -def Reset unspecified attributes to the default values.
- (Restores the background to the familiar gray mesh and
- the cursor to the hollow x shape.)
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- -cursor cursorfile maskfile
- This lets you change the pointer cursor to whatever you
- want when the pointer cursor is outside of any window.
- Cursor and mask files are bitmaps (little pictures),
- and can be made with the bitmap(1) program. You prob-
- ably want the mask file to be all black until you get
- used to the way masks work.
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- -cursor_name cursorname
- This lets you change the pointer cursor to one of the
- standard cursors from the cursor font. Refer to appen-
- dix B of the X protocol for the names (except that the
- XC_ prefix is elided for this option).
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- -bitmap filename
- Use the bitmap specified in the file to set the window
- pattern. You can make your own bitmap files (little
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- pictures) using the bitmap(1) program. The entire
- background will be made up of repeated "tiles" of the
- bitmap.
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- -mod x y
- This is used if you want a plaid-like grid pattern on
- your screen. x and y are integers ranging from 1 to
- 16. Try the different combinations. Zero and negative
- numbers are taken as 1.
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- -gray
- Make the entire background gray. (Easier on the eyes.)
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- -grey
- Make the entire background grey.
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- -fg color
- Use ``color'' as the foreground color. Foreground and
- background colors are meaningful only in combination
- with -cursor, -bitmap, or -mod.
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- -bg color
- Use ``color'' as the background color.
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- -rv This exchanges the foreground and background colors.
- Normally the foreground color is black and the back-
- ground color is white.
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- -solid color
- This sets the background of the root window to the
- specified color. This option is only useful on color
- servers.
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- -name string
- Set the name of the root window to ``string''. There
- is no default value. Usually a name is assigned to a
- window so that the window manager can use a text
- representation when the window is iconified. This
- option is unused since you can't iconify the back-
- ground.
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- -display display
- Specifies the server to connect to; see X(1).
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- SEE ALSO
- X(1), xset(1), xrdb(1)
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- AUTHOR
- Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena
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