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| 4 | XSET(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual XSET(1) | |
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| 8 | NAME | |
| 9 | xset - X window system user setup program | |
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| 11 | SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | xset option [ option ] [ _\bf_\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt:_\bd_\bi_\bs_\bp_\bl_\ba_\by ] | |
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| 14 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 15 | This program is used to set various user preference options | |
| 16 | of the display. The c option controls key click, the l | |
| 17 | option controls the lock key, the r option controls the auto | |
| 18 | repeat, the b option controls bell volume, the m option con- | |
| 19 | trols the mouse parameters, the p option controls pixel | |
| 20 | color values, and the s and v options let you set the screen | |
| 21 | saver parameters. Any of these can be preceded with a - to | |
| 22 | disable the feature, or followed by on or off if you prefer. | |
| 23 | The keyclick option can also be followed by an optional | |
| 24 | digit between 1 and 8 to indicate volume. For example: | |
| 25 | ``xset c on'' turns on keyclick; ``xset -r'' would turn off | |
| 26 | autorepeat; ``xset b 5'' sets the bell volume. | |
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| 28 | The parameters for the mouse are ``acceleration'' and | |
| 29 | ``threshold''. The acceleration of the mouse only takes | |
| 30 | effect if the ``threshold'' is exceeded. | |
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| 32 | The parameters for a pixel are the color map entry number in | |
| 33 | decimal, and a color specification. The root window colors | |
| 34 | can be changed by altering entries 0 and 1. The map entry | |
| 35 | must not be a read-only color, or an error will result. | |
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| 37 | The parameters for the screen saver function determines how | |
| 38 | long the server must be inactive for screen saving to go on, | |
| 39 | and the period to change the background pattern to avoid | |
| 40 | burn in. The arguments are specified in minutes. Using the | |
| 41 | v option sets the preference to blank the video (if the | |
| 42 | hardware can do so) rather than display a background pat- | |
| 43 | tern. Using the s option sets the preference to display a | |
| 44 | pattern rather than blank the video. | |
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| 46 | These settings will be reset to default values when you log | |
| 47 | out. | |
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| 49 | Note that not all X implementations are guaranteed to honor | |
| 50 | all of these options. | |
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| 52 | AUTHOR | |
| 53 | Copyright (c) 1985, 1986 by Massachusetts Institute of Tech- | |
| 54 | nology. | |
| 55 | See _\bX(_\b1) for a full copyright notice. | |
| 56 | Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science | |
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| 58 | SEE ALSO | |
| 59 | X(8C) | |
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| 63 | Printed 9/15/87 15 November 1985 1 | |
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