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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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