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1.1     ! root        1: .TH X 1 "10 September 1987"  "X Version 11"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: X - A network transparent window system for Unix
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: .PP
        !             6: X is a network transparent windowing system developed at MIT which
        !             7: runs under Ultrix-32 Version 1.2 (and higher), 4.3BSD Unix,
        !             8: SunOS 3.2 (and higher) and
        !             9: DOMAIN/IX.  Ports are expected to System V Unix.
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: X display servers run on computers with bitmap terminals.
        !            12: The server
        !            13: distributes user input to, and accepts output requests from various
        !            14: client programs located either on the same machine or elsewhere in the
        !            15: Internet.
        !            16: While
        !            17: a client normally runs on the same machine as the X server it is talking
        !            18: to, this need not be the case.
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: X supports overlapping windows, fully recursive subwindows, text and
        !            21: graphics operations within windows.
        !            22: For a full explanation of functions, see
        !            23: ``Xlib - C Language X Interface'' document and the X Protocol Definition.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: When you first log in on a display running X, you are
        !            26: using the \fIxterm(1)\fP terminal emulator program.
        !            27: You need not learn anything extra to use a display running X as
        !            28: a terminal beyond moving the mouse cursor into the login window to
        !            29: log in normally.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: X attempts to provide hooks for your favorite style of user interface;
        !            32: feel free to write your own if you don't like the style provided by
        !            33: existing window managers (see \fIwm(1)\fP or \fIuwm(1)\fP).
        !            34: These programs are used to manipulate existing top level windows,
        !            35: including  moving, resizing, and iconifying existing windows.
        !            36: You should start your favorite window manager when you log in
        !            37: on a display running X.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: Current client programs of X include a terminal emulator (\fIxterm(1)\fP),
        !            40: window managers (\fIwm(1)\fP and \fIuwm(1)\fP), 
        !            41: bitmap editor (\fIbitmap(1)\fP),
        !            42: access control program (\fIxhost(1)\fP),
        !            43: user preference setting program (\fIxset(1)\fP),
        !            44: load monitor (\fIxload(1)\fP), clock (\fIxclock(1)\fP),
        !            45: font displayer (\fIxfd(1)\fP) and demos (\fIico(1)\fP, \fImuncher(1)\fP, etc.)
        !            46: On some systems, mail notification has been integrated (\fIbiff(1)\fP).
        !            47: .SH DISPLAY SPECIFICATION
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: When you first log in, the environment variable ``DISPLAY'' will be
        !            50: set to a string ``machine:display'' (for example, ``mit-athena:0'') which
        !            51: will determine which display an X application will talk to by default.
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: Most applications will also interpret an argument with a ``:'' in it
        !            54: to be the display to use.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: When using DECnet, the format ``node::display'' should be used.
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: X(8c), xterm(1), bitmap(1), xwm(1), xhost(1), xclock(1), xload(1), xset(1), keycomp(1), biff(1), init(8), ttys(5), uwm(1),
        !            60: xrefresh(1), xwininfo(1), xdvi(1), xwd(1), xwud(1), 
        !            61: xinit(1), Xqvss(8c), Xsun(8c), Xapollo(8c), Xapa16(8c)
        !            62: .br
        !            63: `Xlib - C Language X Interface'
        !            64: .SH AUTHORS
        !            65: .PP
        !            66: It is no longer feasible to list all people who have contributed
        !            67: something to X; see the Protocol Specification and Xlib Manual
        !            68: for lists of contributors.
        !            69: .sp 2
        !            70: Copyright (c) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
        !            71: .sp
        !            72: Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
        !            73: software and its documentation for any purpose and without
        !            74: fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
        !            75: notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
        !            76: notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
        !            77: documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in
        !            78: advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
        !            79: software without specific, written prior permission.
        !            80: M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of
        !            81: this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
        !            82: without express or implied warranty.
        !            83: .sp
        !            84: This software is not subject to any license of the American
        !            85: Telephone and Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the
        !            86: University of California.

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