Miscellany

xlsfonts

server font list displayer for X

/home/matthew> xlsfonts
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--0-0-75-75-m-0-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--10-100-75-75-m-60-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--24-240-75-75-m-150-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--8-80-75-75-m-50-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--0-0-75-75-m-0-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--10-100-75-75-m-60-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1
-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1
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xfontsel

interactive font selector for X

 

xcolorsel

interactive color selector for X

 

xsetroot

root window parameter setting utility for X

/home/matthew> xsetroot -solid tan
/home/matthew> xsetroot -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/xsnow \
                           -bg cadetblue -fg rgb:ff/ff/ff
/home/matthew> xsetroot -cursor /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/star  \
                           /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/starMask
/home/matthew> xsetroot -def

 

xset

user preference utility for X

/home/matthew> xset b 100 150 200
/home/matthew> xset m 4 10
/home/matthew> xset led 2
/home/matthew> xset q

 

xwininfo

window information utility for X

xwininfo: Window id: 0x24001ca "Netscape: Linux SIG - Customizing the X Window System"

  Absolute upper-left X:  7
  Absolute upper-left Y:  25
  Relative upper-left X:  0
  Relative upper-left Y:  0
  Width: 784
  Height: 338
  Depth: 16
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x23 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +7+25  -9+25  -9-237  +7-237
  -geometry 784x338+2+3

 

xterm -xrm "*Desk:1"

Specify the start-up desk on the command line. Not all applications understand this option, however.

 

displaying dynamic information in xterm title bar

alias xtitle='/bin/echo -n "^[]2;$PWD^G"'
if [ "$TERM" = "xterm" ]
then
  cd()
  {
    builtin cd ${1+"$@"} && xtitle
  }
fi

 

xkey

keyboard snarfing program for X

Last Modified: 15 June 1997