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1.1       root        1: .TH XSET 1 "15 November 1985" "X Version 10"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: xset - X window system user setup program
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B xset
                      6: option [ option ] [ \fIfhost\fP:\fIdisplay\fP ]
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: This program is used to set various user preference options of the display.
                      9: The \fBc\fP option controls key click,
                     10: the \fBl\fP option controls the lock key,
                     11: the \fBr\fP option controls the auto repeat,
                     12: the \fBb\fP option controls bell volume,
                     13: the \fBm\fP option controls the mouse parameters,
                     14: the \fBp\fP option controls pixel color values,
                     15: and the \fBs\fP and \fBv\fP options let you set the screen saver parameters.
                     16: Any of these can be preceded with a \fB-\fP to disable the feature,
                     17: or followed by \fBon\fP or \fBoff\fP if you prefer.
                     18: The keyclick option can also be followed by an optional digit between
                     19: 1 and 8 to indicate volume.
                     20: For example: ``xset c on'' turns on keyclick;
                     21: ``xset -r'' would turn off autorepeat;
                     22: ``xset b 5'' sets the bell volume.
                     23: .PP
                     24: The parameters for the mouse are ``acceleration'' and ``threshold''.
                     25: The acceleration of the mouse only takes effect if the ``threshold'' is
                     26: exceeded.
                     27: .PP
                     28: The parameters for a pixel are the color map entry number in decimal,
                     29: and a color specification.  The root window colors can be changed by
                     30: altering entries 0 and 1.  The map entry must not be a read-only color,
                     31: or an error will result.
                     32: .PP
                     33: The parameters for the screen saver function determines how long the
                     34: server must be inactive for screen saving to go on, and the period
                     35: to change the background pattern to avoid burn in.
                     36: The arguments are specified in minutes.  Using the \fBv\fP option sets the
                     37: preference to blank the video (if the hardware can do so) rather than display
                     38: a background pattern.  Using the \fBs\fP option sets the preference to display
                     39: a pattern rather than blank the video.
                     40: .PP
                     41: These settings will be reset to default values when you log out.
                     42: .PP
                     43: Note that not all X implementations are guaranteed to honor all of these
                     44: options.
                     45: .SH AUTHOR
                     46: Copyright (c) 1985, 1986 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
                     47: .br
                     48: See \fIX(1)\fP for a full copyright notice.
                     49: .br
                     50: Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
                     51: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     52: X(8C)

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