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                      4: XINIT(1)           UNIX Programmer's Manual             XINIT(1)
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                      8: NAME
                      9:      xinit - X window system initializer
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                     11: SYNOPSIS
                     12:      xinit [[client] options] [-- [server] [display] options]
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                     14: DESCRIPTION
                     15:      _X_i_n_i_t is intended to be used when the X window system server
                     16:      is not run automatically from _i_n_i_t(_8), and the window system
                     17:      must be started from a shell running on the display.  This
                     18:      might be true, for example, if a normal login is run in a
                     19:      glass-tty emulator on a workstation console, so that dif-
                     20:      ferent window systems can easily be run on the display at
                     21:      different times.
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                     23:      _X_i_n_i_t starts up the server and a single client application,
                     24:      which is typically _x_t_e_r_m(_1).  When the client eventually
                     25:      terminates, _x_i_n_i_t automatically kills off the server and
                     26:      then itself terminates.
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                     28:      By default, _x_i_n_i_t expects the server to exist in an execut-
                     29:      able named ``X'' in the search path, and for _x_t_e_r_m(_1) to
                     30:      also exist in the search path. It starts up the X server on
                     31:      display 0, and then starts up
                     32:          xterm =+1+1 -n login unix:0
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                     34:      A different client and/or server can be specified in the
                     35:      command line, and command line options can be passed to both
                     36:      the server and the client.  The client and its options come
                     37:      first in the command line.  The server and its options must
                     38:      be preceded by ``--''.  If the first argument to xinit
                     39:      begins with `/' or a letter, it is taken to be the client
                     40:      program to use instead of xterm, and none of the default
                     41:      xterm options are used.  Otherwise, the first and subsequent
                     42:      arguments are simply appended as further options to the
                     43:      default _x_t_e_r_m command line.
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                     45:      Following the ``--'' argument, if the next argument begins
                     46:      with `/' or a letter, it is taken to be the server program
                     47:      to use instead of ``X''.  If the next argument begins with a
                     48:      digit, it is taken to be the display number; otherwise
                     49:      display 0 is assumed.  The remaining arguments are added as
                     50:      options to the server command line.
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                     52:      Examples:
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                     54:      xinit =80x65+10+10 -fn 8x13 -j -fg white -bg navy
                     55:      xinit -e widgets -- Xsun -l -c
                     56:      xinit rsh fasthost cpupig workstation:1 -- 1 -a 2 -t 5
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                     58: AUTHOR
                     59:      Copyright (c) 1986 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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                     63: Printed 9/15/87          25 January 1986                       1
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                     70: XINIT(1)           UNIX Programmer's Manual             XINIT(1)
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                     74:      See _X(_1) for a complete copyright notice.
                     75:      Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
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                     77: SEE ALSO
                     78:      X(8C), xterm(1)
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