NAME

Intro - introduction to the Solaris X Window System Reference Manual

OVERVIEW

The Solaris X Window System is the default windowing and display system included with the Solaris computing environment. It consists of Sun's implementation of the MIT X server and a collection of standard X client applications such as xlogo and xterm.

The Solaris X Window System Reference Manual describes the commands and utility programs included with version 3.5 of the Solaris X Window System. This manual and the OpenWindows Desktop Reference Manual cover all man pages that make up the SUNWaman software package, other than those in Section 3. This package is usually installed as part of the "Developer" software set during initial installation of Solaris. The default installation directory for these man pages is /usr/openwin/man. To access these man pages, add /usr/openwin/man to the $MANPATH environment variable.

Many of these man pages are from sources outside of Sun. The Display PostScript man pages are from Adobe Systems and most of the X client man pages are from MIT. The original text in these man pages has been left unaltered except necessary corrections for path differences. The Solaris X server uses a somewhat different file hierarchy than the standard MIT X server which stores files in the /usr/lib/X11 directory. Under Solaris these files have been moved to /usr/openwin. Thus the pathname for /usr/lib/X11/Xinitrc has been changed to /usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc.

Name                  Command Description

accessx(1)

a graphical interface to the accessx keyboard enhancements.

appres(1)

list application resource database

atobm(1)

See bitmap(1)

bdftopcf(1)

convert font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format

bdftosnf(1)

BDF to SNF font compiler for X11

bitmap(1)

bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System

bldrgb(1)

simple interface to the rgb(1) utility

bmtoa(1)

See bitmap(1)

cmap_alloc(1)

allocate default colormaps for non-default visuals

cmap_compact(1)

colormap configuration utility to reduce colormap flashing.

constype(1)

print type of Sun console

cps(1)

construct C to language interface

dps(7)

Display PostScript imaging for the X Window System

dpsexec(6)

Display PostScript Executive

editres(1)

a dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications

fontadd(6)

See font_utils(6)

fontadmin(6)

font administrator

fontls(6)

See font_utils(6)

fontrm(6)

See font_utils(6)

font_utils(6)

remove installed fonts from a directory

fpadd(6)

See fp_utils(6)

fpls(6)

See fp_utils(6)

fprm(6)

See fp_utils(6)

fp_utils(6)

remove a font path element

fs(1)

X font server

fsadmin(1)

font server administration utility

fsinfo(1)

font server information utility

fslsfonts(1)

server font list displayer for X font server

fstobdf(1)

BDF font generator

ico(6)

animate an icosahedron

ico2(6)

animate an icosahedron or other polyhedron

imake(1)

C preprocessor interface to the make utility

kbd_mode(1)

change the keyboard translation mode

keytable.map(4)

maps keyboard type and layout to keytable

listres(1)

list resources in widgets

makebdf(1)

create bitmap files from scalable F3 or X11/NeWS font files

makedepend(1)

create dependencies in makefiles

makepsres(1)

Build PostScript resource database file.

maze(6)

an automated maze program

mkdirhier(1)

makes a directory hierarchy

mkfontdir(1)

create fonts.dir file from directory of font files

muncher(6)

draw interesting patterns in an X window

oclock(1)

display time of day

plaid(6)

paint some plaid-like patterns in an X window

pswrap(1)

creates C procedures from segments of PostScript language code

puzzle(6)

15-puzzle game for X

ras2ps(1)

converts a Sun RasterFile to a PostScript file

rasterfile(4)

Sun's file format for raster images

redxblue(1)

swap red and blue for a 24 or 32 bit rasterfile

resize(1)

utility to set TERM and terminal settings to current window size

rgb(1)

build the color name database

sessreg(1)

manage utmp/wtmp entries for non-init clients

showfont(1)

font dumper for X font server

showrgb (1)

display the color name database

showsnf(1)

display contents of an SNF file

texteroids(6)

test your mousing skills on spinning text

twm(1)

Tab Window Manager for the X Window System

viewres(1)

graphical class browser for Xt

winsysck(1)

check which window system protocols are available

worm(6)

draw wiggly worms

X(7)

See X11(7)

X11(7)

a portable, network-transparent window system

xauth(1)

X authority file utility

xbiff(1)

mailbox flag for X

xcalc(1)

scientific calculator for X

xclipboard(1)

X clipboard client

xclock(1)

analog/digital clock for X

xcmsdb(1)

Xlib Screen Color Characterization Data utility

xcolor(1)

displays 256 colors in an X window.

xconsole(1)

monitor system console messages

xcutsel(1)

interchange between cut buffer and selection

xditview(1)

display ditroff DVI files

xdm (1)

X Display Manager with support for XDMCP

xdpr(1)

dump an X window directly to a printer

xdpyinfo(1)

display information utility for X

xedit(1)

simple text editor for X

xepsf(6)

display an Encapsulated PostScript file

xev(6)

print contents of X events

xeyes (6)

Eyes follow your pointer

xfd (1)

display all the characters in an X font

xfontsel(1)

point & click interface for selecting X11 font names

xgc (6)

X graphics demo

xhost(1)

server access control program for X

xinit(1)

X Window System initializer

xkill(1)

kill a client by its X resource

xload (1)

system load average display for X

xlock(1)

locks the local X display until a password is entered

xlogo(1)

X Window System logo

xlsatoms(1)

list interned atoms defined on server

xlsclients(1)

list client applications running on a display

xlsfonts(1)

server font list displayer for X

xlswins(1)

server window list displayer for X

xmac(6)

display Apple MacPaint image files under X windows

xmag(1)

magnify parts of the screen

xmag_multivis(6)

magnify parts of the screen

xmakemap (1)

make a keyboard mapping to be used as input to xmodmap

xman (1)

manual page display program for the X Window System

xmh (1)

send and read mail with an X interface to MH

xmkmf(1)

simple interface to the imake utility for generating X11 Makefiles

xmodmap(1)

utility for modifying keymaps in X

xpr (1)

print an X window dump

xprop(1)

property displayer for X

xrdb(1)

X server resource database utility

XReadScreen(3)

returns the displayed colors in a rectangle of the screen

xrefresh(1)

refresh all or part of an X screen

xscope(6)

X Window Protocol Viewer

Xserver(1)

X Window System server

xset(1)

user preference utility for X

xsetroot(1)

root window parameter setting utility for X

xsol(6)

play solitaire

XSolarisGetVisualGamma(3)

obtains gamma information for a visual

XSolarisOvlCopyAreaAndPaintType(3)

copies the given area and paint type data from one pair of drawables to another

XSolarisOvlCopyPaintType(3)

renders opaque and transparent paint into the destination drawable based on the paint type attributes of the pixels in the source drawable

XSolarisOvlCreateWindow(3)

creates an overlay window

XSolarisOvlGetPaintType(3)

gets the current paint type set in the GC

XSolarisOvlIsOverlayWindow(3)

indicates whether a given window is an overlay window

XSolarisOvlSelectPair(3)

selects an optimal overlay/underlay visual pair that best meets the criteria

XSolarisOvlSelectPartner(3)

returns the overlay/underlay visual that best meets the criteria

XSolarisOvlSetPaintType(3)

specifies the type of paint rendered by subsequent Xlib drawing with the given GC

XSolarisOvlSetWindowTransparent(3)

sets the background state of an overlay window to be transparent

xstdcmap(1)

X standard colormap utility

Xsun(1)

Solaris server for X Version 11

xterm(1)

terminal emulator for X

xwd(1)

dump an image of an X window

xwininfo(1)

window information utility for X

xwud(1)

image displayer for X