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diff --git a/xconsole.man b/xconsole.man index 6c63260..dd5fc35 100644 --- a/xconsole.man +++ b/xconsole.man @@ -1,41 +1,44 @@ .\" $Xorg: xconsole.man,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:05:40 xorgcvs Exp $ .\" Copyright 1994, 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 +.\" 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 -.\" dealing in this Software without prior written authorization from the +.\" +.\" 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 +.\" dealing in this Software without prior written authorization from the .\" The Open Group. -.TH XCONSOLE 1 "Release 6.4" "X Version 11" +.\" +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xconsole/xconsole.man,v 1.10 2002/10/16 02:27:40 dawes Exp $ +.\" +.TH XCONSOLE 1 __xorgversion__ .SH NAME xconsole \- monitor system console messages with X .SH SYNOPSIS .ta 8n -\fBxconsole\fP [-\fItoolkitoption\fP ...] [-file \fIfile-name\fP] +\fBxconsole\fP [-\fItoolkitoption\fP ...] [-file \fIfile-name\fP] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail] .SH DESCRIPTION The -.I xconsole +.I xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. .SH OPTIONS .I Xconsole -accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the +accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: .TP 8 .B \-file \fIfile-name\fP @@ -61,12 +64,27 @@ to display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer. When set, this option directs .I xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the console output. +.TP 8 +.B \-saveLines \fIcount\fP +When set, +.I xconsole +only preserves +.I count +lines of message history instead of growing the text buffer without bound +(a +.I count +of zero \- the default \- is treated as placing no limit on the history). .SH X DEFAULTS -This program uses the +This program uses the .I Athena Text widget, look in the .I Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling it. +.PP +.I Xconsole +otherwise accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options +(without the leading dash). "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an +integer, and the remaining options are booleans. .SH WIDGETS In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose \fIxconsole\fR. In the notation below, @@ -74,8 +92,8 @@ indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name. .sp .nf -.TA .5i -.ta .5i +.TA .5i +.ta .5i XConsole xconsole XConsole text .fi @@ -90,8 +108,10 @@ to get the default host and display number. to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. .SH FILES -<XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole - specifies required resources +.TP +.I __apploaddir__/XConsole +specifies required resources .SH "SEE ALSO" -X(1), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget +X(__miscmansuffix__), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget .SH AUTHOR Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium) |