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1.1     ! root        1: .TH XSETROOT 1 "12 June 1987" "X Version 11"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: xsetroot \- X window system root window parameter setting utility
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B xsetroot
        !             6: [ -help ]
        !             7: [ -def ]
        !             8: [-cursor
        !             9: .I cursorfile mask\ file
        !            10: ]
        !            11: [-bitmap
        !            12: .I filename
        !            13: ]
        !            14: [-mod
        !            15: .I x y
        !            16: ]
        !            17: [ -gray ]
        !            18: [ -grey ]
        !            19: [-fg
        !            20: .I color
        !            21: ]
        !            22: [-bg
        !            23: .I color
        !            24: ]
        !            25: [ -rv ]
        !            26: [-solid
        !            27: .I color
        !            28: ]
        !            29: [-name
        !            30: .I string
        !            31: ]
        !            32: [
        !            33: .I host : display
        !            34: ]
        !            35: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            36: .I Xsetroot
        !            37: allows you to tailor the appearance of the background ("root")
        !            38: window on a workstation display running X.  Normally, you experiment with
        !            39: .I xsetroot
        !            40: until you find a personalized look that you like, then put the
        !            41: .I xsetroot
        !            42: command that produces it into your .login file.
        !            43: If no options are specified, or if
        !            44: .I -def
        !            45: is specified, the window is reset to its default state.
        !            46: .I -def
        !            47: can be specified along with other options and only the non-specified
        !            48: characteristics will be reset to the default state.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: Only one of the background color/tileing changing options (
        !            51: .IR -solid ,
        !            52: .IR -gray ,
        !            53: .IR -grey ,
        !            54: .IR -bitmap
        !            55: and
        !            56: .IR -mod )
        !            57: may be specified at a time.
        !            58: 
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: The various options are as follows:
        !            61: .IP -help
        !            62: Print a usage message and exit.
        !            63: .IP -def
        !            64: Reset unspecified attributes to the default values.  (Restores the background
        !            65: to the familiar gray mesh and the cursor to the hollow x shape.)
        !            66: .IP "-cursor cursorfile maskfile"
        !            67: This lets you change the mouse cursor to whatever
        !            68: you want when the mouse cursor is outside of any window.
        !            69: Cursor and mask files are bitmaps (little pictures) made with the
        !            70: .I bitmap(1)
        !            71: program.  You probably want the mask file to be all black until you
        !            72: get used to the way masks work.
        !            73: .IP "-bitmap filename"
        !            74: Use the bitmap specified in the file to set the window pattern.  You can
        !            75: make your own bitmap files (little pictures) using the
        !            76: .I bitmap(1)
        !            77: program.  The entire background will be made up of repeated "tiles" of
        !            78: the bitmap.
        !            79: .IP "-mod x y"
        !            80: This is used if you want a plaid-like grid pattern on your screen.
        !            81: x and y are integers ranging from 1 to 16.  Try the different combinations.
        !            82: Zero and negative numbers are taken as 1.
        !            83: .IP -gray
        !            84: Make the entire background gray.  (Easier on the eyes.)
        !            85: .IP -grey
        !            86: Make the entire background grey.
        !            87: .IP "-fg color"
        !            88: Use ``color'' as the foreground color when setting attributes.
        !            89: .IP "-bg color"
        !            90: Use ``color'' as the background color when setting attributes.
        !            91: .IP -rv
        !            92: This exchanges the foreground and background colors.  Normally the foreground
        !            93: color is black and the background color is white.
        !            94: This option can go with any of the above.
        !            95: .IP "-solid color"
        !            96: Set the window color to ``color''.
        !            97: .IP "-name string"
        !            98: Set the name of the root window to ``string''.  There is no default value.
        !            99: Usually a name is assigned to a window so that the
        !           100: window manager can use a text representation when the window is iconified.
        !           101: This option is unused since you can't iconify the background.
        !           102: .IP "host:display"
        !           103: Defaults to the DISPLAY environment variable, which is usually set
        !           104: to be one's own workstation host, display 0.  
        !           105: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           106: xset(1), X(1)
        !           107: .SH AUTHOR
        !           108: Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena
        !           109: .br
        !           110: Copyright (c) 1987 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
        !           111: .br
        !           112: See \fIX(1)\fP for a full copyright notice.

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