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1.1     ! root        1: .TH XWD 1 "27 July 1985" "X Version 10"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: xwd - X Window System, window image dumper.
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B "xwd"
        !             6: [ -debug ] [ -help ] [ -nobdrs ] [ -out \fIfile\fP ] [ -z ] [ \fIhost\fP:\fIdisplay\fP ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .I Xwd
        !            10: is an X Window System window image dumping utility.
        !            11: .I Xwd
        !            12: allows X users to store window images in a specially formated
        !            13: window dump file.  This file can then  be  read  by  various  other  X
        !            14: utilities for redisplay, printing, editing, formatting, archiving,
        !            15: image processing etc..  The target window is selected by clicking the 
        !            16: mouse   in   the  desired  window.   The keyboard bell is rung once
        !            17: at the beginning of the dump and twice when the dump is completed.
        !            18: This is a preliminary version of what promises to be a very useful utility.
        !            19: The  window dump file format is currently under development no guarantee of
        !            20: upward compatibility is made.
        !            21: .SH ARGUMENT SUMMARY
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .TP 8
        !            24: .B "-help"
        !            25: Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: .TP 8
        !            28: .B "-nobdrs"
        !            29: This argument specifies that the window dump  should  not  include  the
        !            30: pixels that compose the X window border.  This is useful in situations
        !            31: where you may wish to include the  window  contents in a document 
        !            32: as an illustration.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .TP 8
        !            35: .B "-out \fIfile\fP"
        !            36: This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output
        !            37: file on the command line.  The default is to output to standard out.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: .TP 8
        !            40: .B "-z"
        !            41: This argument specifies that the output file should be in  `Z'  pixmap
        !            42: format.    The   default  is  `XY'  pixmap format.  `Z' format is only
        !            43: valid on color displays.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: .TP 8
        !            46: .B "\fIhost\fP:\fIdisplay\fP"
        !            47: This  argument  allow  you  to  specify the host and display number on
        !            48: which to find the target window.  For example `xwd orpheus:1'
        !            49: would specify that the target window is on display `1' on the machine
        !            50: `orpheus'.  By default,
        !            51: .I xwd
        !            52: uses the host and display number stored in the environment variable
        !            53: DISPLAY, and therefore this argument is not normally specified.
        !            54: .SH ENVIRONMENT
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: .TP 8
        !            57: .B DISPLAY
        !            58: To get default host and display number.
        !            59: .SH FILES
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: .TP 8
        !            62: .B XWDFile.h
        !            63: X Window Dump File format definition file.
        !            64: .SH FUTURE PLANS
        !            65: If time ever presents itself...
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: .TP 8
        !            68: .B 1.
        !            69: Install complete color support.
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: .TP 8
        !            72: .B 2.
        !            73: Completely rework the `XWDFile' dump file format.
        !            74: .PP
        !            75: .TP 8
        !            76: .B 3.
        !            77: Completely rework the corresponding xwud window undumper program.
        !            78: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            79: xwud(1), xpr(1), xdpr(1), X(1)
        !            80: .SH AUTHOR
        !            81: .PP
        !            82: Copyright 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
        !            83: .PP
        !            84: Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena

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