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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY x7apps-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/">
8 <!ENTITY x7apps-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/">
9 <!ENTITY x7apps-wget "&files-anduin;/xorg/app-&xorg7-release;.wget">
10 <!ENTITY x7apps-md5sum "&files-anduin;/xorg/app-&xorg7-release;.md5">
11 <!ENTITY x7apps-size "4.5 MB">
12 <!ENTITY x7apps-buildsize "35.6 MB">
13 <!ENTITY x7apps-time "1.2 SBU">
14
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="xorg7-app" xreflabel="Xorg Applications">
18 <?dbhtml filename="x7app.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>Xorg Applications</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app">
28 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg-&xorg7-version; Applications</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to Xorg Applications</title>
33
34 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
35 expected applications available in previous X Window
36 implementations.</para>
37
38 &lfs65_checked;
39
40 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
41 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
42 <listitem>
43 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-http;"/></para>
44 </listitem>
45 <listitem>
46 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-ftp;"/></para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7apps-md5sum;"/></para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>Download size: &x7apps-size;</para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7apps-buildsize;</para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>Estimated build time: &x7apps-time;</para>
59 </listitem>
60 </itemizedlist>
61
62 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
63 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
64 <listitem>
65 <para>Required download list: <ulink url="&x7apps-wget;"/></para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Applications Dependencies</bridgehead>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
72 <para role="required"><xref linkend="libpng"/>,
73 <xref linkend="xcb-util"/>, and
74 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/></para>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
77 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> (only used by XDM) and
78 <xref linkend="mesalib"/> (required for OpenGL support).</para>
79
80 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
81 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Applications'/></para>
82
83 </sect2>
84
85 <sect2>
86 <title>Downloading Xorg Applications</title>
87
88 <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
89 use the following commands:</para>
90
91<screen><userinput>mkdir app &amp;&amp;
92cd app &amp;&amp;
93grep -v '^#' ../app-&xorg7-release;.wget | wget -i- -c \
94 -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/ &amp;&amp;
95md5sum -c ../app-&xorg7-release;.md5</userinput></screen>
96
97 </sect2>
98
99 <sect2 role="installation">
100 <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
101
102 <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
103 package:</para>
104
105<screen><userinput>case $(basename "$PWD") in
106 twm-[0-9]* )
107 sed -e '/^rcdir =/s,^\(rcdir = \).*,\1/etc/X11/app-defaults,' \
108 -i src/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
109 ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
110 ;;
111xinit-[0-9]* )
112 ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults
113 ;;
114 * )
115 ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
116 ;;
117esac &amp;&amp;
118make</userinput></screen>
119
120 <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>
121
122 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
123 user:</para>
124
125<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
126
127 </sect2>
128
129 <!--
130 <sect2 role="commands">
131 <title>Command Explanations</title>
132
133 </sect2>
134 -->
135
136 <sect2 role="content">
137 <title>Contents</title>
138
139 <segmentedlist>
140 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
141 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
142 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
143
144 <seglistitem>
145
146 <seg>bdftopcf, iceauth, mkfontdir,mkfontscale, sessreg, setxkbmap,
147 smproxy, startx, twm, x11perf, x11perfcomp, xauth, xclock, xcmsdb,
148 xcursorgen, xdpr, xdpyinfo, xdriinfo, xev, xgamma, xhost, xinit,
149 xkbbell, xkbcomp, xkbevd, xkbvleds, xkbwatch, xkill, xlsatoms,
150 xlsclients, xmodmap, xpr, xprop, xrandr, xrdb, xrefresh, xset,
151 xsetroot, xvinfo, xwd, xwininfo, and xwud</seg>
152 <seg>None</seg>
153 <seg>/etc/X11/app-defaults</seg>
154 </seglistitem>
155 </segmentedlist>
156
157 <variablelist>
158 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
159 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
160 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
161
162 <varlistentry id="appres-x7">
163 <term><command>appres</command></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>lists the X application resource database.</para>
166 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app appres-x7">
167 <primary sortas="b-appres">appres</primary>
168 </indexterm>
169 </listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171
172 <varlistentry id="bdftopcf-x7">
173 <term><command>bdftopcf</command></term>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>converts an X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable
176 Compiled Format.</para>
177 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app bdftopcf-x7">
178 <primary sortas="b-bdftopcf">bdftopcf</primary>
179 </indexterm>
180 </listitem>
181 </varlistentry>
182
183 <varlistentry id="iceauth-x7">
184 <term><command>iceauth</command></term>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>is the ICE authority file utility.</para>
187 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app iceauth-x7">
188 <primary sortas="b-iceauth">iceauth</primary>
189 </indexterm>
190 </listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192
193 <varlistentry id="mkfontdir-x7">
194 <term><command>mkfontdir</command></term>
195 <listitem>
196 <para>creates an index of X font files in a directory.</para>
197 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app mkfontdir-x7">
198 <primary sortas="b-mkfontdir">mkfontdir</primary>
199 </indexterm>
200 </listitem>
201 </varlistentry>
202
203 <varlistentry id="mkfontscale-x7">
204 <term><command>mkfontscale</command></term>
205 <listitem>
206 <para>creates an index of scalable font files for X.</para>
207 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app mkfontscale-x7">
208 <primary sortas="b-mkfontscale">mkfontscale</primary>
209 </indexterm>
210 </listitem>
211 </varlistentry>
212
213 <varlistentry id="sessreg-x7">
214 <term><command>sessreg</command></term>
215 <listitem>
216 <para>manages utmp/wtmp entries for non-init clients.</para>
217 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app sessreg-x7">
218 <primary sortas="b-sessreg">sessreg</primary>
219 </indexterm>
220 </listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry id="setxkbmap-x7">
224 <term><command>setxkbmap</command></term>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>sets the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension.</para>
227 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app setxkbmap-x7">
228 <primary sortas="b-setxkbmap">setxkbmap</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="smproxy-x7">
234 <term><command>smproxy</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>is the Session Manager Proxy.</para>
237 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app smproxy-x7">
238 <primary sortas="b-smproxy">smproxy</primary>
239 </indexterm>
240 </listitem>
241 </varlistentry>
242
243 <varlistentry id="startx-x7">
244 <term><command>startx</command></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>initializes an X session.</para>
247 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app startx-x7">
248 <primary sortas="b-startx">startx</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 <varlistentry id="twm-x7">
254 <term><command>twm</command></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>is the Tab Window Manager for the X Window System.</para>
257 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app twm-x7">
258 <primary sortas="b-twm">twm</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="x11perf-x7">
264 <term><command>x11perf</command></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>is an X11 server performance test program.</para>
267 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app x11perf-x7">
268 <primary sortas="b-x11perf">x11perf</primary>
269 </indexterm>
270 </listitem>
271 </varlistentry>
272
273 <varlistentry id="x11perfcomp-x7">
274 <term><command>x11perfcomp</command></term>
275 <listitem>
276 <para>is an X11 server performance comparison program.</para>
277 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app x11perfcomp-x7">
278 <primary sortas="b-x11perfcomp">x11perfcomp</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="xauth-x7">
284 <term><command>xauth</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>is the X authority file utility.</para>
287 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xauth-x7">
288 <primary sortas="b-xauth">xauth</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="xclock-x7">
294 <term><command>xclock</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>is an analog/digital clock for X.</para>
297 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xclock-x7">
298 <primary sortas="b-xclock">xclock</primary>
299 </indexterm>
300 </listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry id="xcmsdb-x7">
304 <term><command>xcmsdb</command></term>
305 <listitem>
306 <para>is the Device Color Characterization utility for the X
307 Color Management System.</para>
308 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xcmsdb-x7">
309 <primary sortas="b-xcmsdb">xcmsdb</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="xcursorgen-x7">
315 <term><command>xcursorgen</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>creates an X cursor file from a collection of PNG
318 images.</para>
319 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xcursorgen-x7">
320 <primary sortas="b-xcursorgen">xcursorgen</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="xdpr-x7">
326 <term><command>xdpr</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>dumps an X window directly to a printer.</para>
329 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdpr-x7">
330 <primary sortas="b-xdpr">xdpr</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="xdpyinfo-x7">
336 <term><command>xdpyinfo</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>is a display information utility for X.</para>
339 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdpyinfo-x7">
340 <primary sortas="b-xdpyinfo">xdpyinfo</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="xdriinfo-x7">
346 <term><command>xdriinfo</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>queries configuration information of DRI drivers.</para>
349 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdriinfo-x7">
350 <primary sortas="b-xdriinfo">xdriinfo</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="xev-x7">
356 <term><command>xev</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>prints contents of X events.</para>
359 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xev-x7">
360 <primary sortas="b-xev">xev</primary>
361 </indexterm>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry id="xgamma-x7">
366 <term><command>xgamma</command></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>alters a monitor's gamma correction through the X
369 server.</para>
370 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xgamma-x7">
371 <primary sortas="b-xgamma">xgamma</primary>
372 </indexterm>
373 </listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
375
376 <varlistentry id="xhost-x7">
377 <term><command>xhost</command></term>
378 <listitem>
379 <para>is a server access control program for X.</para>
380 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xhost-x7">
381 <primary sortas="b-xhost">xhost</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="xinit-x7">
387 <term><command>xinit</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>is the X Window System initializer.</para>
390 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xinit-x7">
391 <primary sortas="b-xinit">xinit</primary>
392 </indexterm>
393 </listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395
396 <varlistentry id="xkbbell-x7">
397 <term><command>xkbbell</command></term>
398 <listitem>
399 <para>is an XKB utility program that raises a bell event.</para>
400 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbbell-x7">
401 <primary sortas="b-xkbbell">xkbbell</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="xkbcomp-x7">
407 <term><command>xkbcomp</command></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>compiles an XKB keyboard description.</para>
410 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbcomp-x7">
411 <primary sortas="b-xkbcomp">xkbcomp</primary>
412 </indexterm>
413 </listitem>
414 </varlistentry>
415
416 <varlistentry id="xkbevd-x7">
417 <term><command>xkbevd</command></term>
418 <listitem>
419 <para>is the XKB event daemon.</para>
420 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbevd-x7">
421 <primary sortas="b-xkbevd">xkbevd</primary>
422 </indexterm>
423 </listitem>
424 </varlistentry>
425
426 <varlistentry id="xkbvleds-x7">
427 <term><command>xkbvleds</command></term>
428 <listitem>
429 <para>shows the XKB status of keyboard LEDs.</para>
430 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbvleds-x7">
431 <primary sortas="b-xkbvleds">xkbvleds</primary>
432 </indexterm>
433 </listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry id="xkbwatch-x7">
437 <term><command>xkbwatch</command></term>
438 <listitem>
439 <para>monitors modifier keys and LEDs.</para>
440 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbwatch-x7">
441 <primary sortas="b-xkbwatch">xkbwatch</primary>
442 </indexterm>
443 </listitem>
444 </varlistentry>
445
446 <varlistentry id="xkill-x7">
447 <term><command>xkill</command></term>
448 <listitem>
449 <para>kills a client by its X resource.</para>
450 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkill-x7">
451 <primary sortas="b-xkill">xkill</primary>
452 </indexterm>
453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 <varlistentry id="xlsatoms-x7">
457 <term><command>xlsatoms</command></term>
458 <listitem>
459 <para>lists interned atoms defined on the server.</para>
460 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xlsatoms-x7">
461 <primary sortas="b-xlsatoms">xlsatoms</primary>
462 </indexterm>
463 </listitem>
464 </varlistentry>
465
466 <varlistentry id="xlsclients-x7">
467 <term><command>xlsclients</command></term>
468 <listitem>
469 <para>lists client applications running on a display.</para>
470 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xlsclients-x7">
471 <primary sortas="b-xlsclients">xlsclients</primary>
472 </indexterm>
473 </listitem>
474 </varlistentry>
475
476 <varlistentry id="xmodmap-x7">
477 <term><command>xmodmap</command></term>
478 <listitem>
479 <para>is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button
480 mappings in X.</para>
481 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xmodmap-x7">
482 <primary sortas="b-xmodmap">xmodmap</primary>
483 </indexterm>
484 </listitem>
485 </varlistentry>
486
487 <varlistentry id="xpr-x7">
488 <term><command>xpr</command></term>
489 <listitem>
490 <para>prints an X window dump.</para>
491 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xpr-x7">
492 <primary sortas="b-xpr">xpr</primary>
493 </indexterm>
494 </listitem>
495 </varlistentry>
496
497 <varlistentry id="xprop-x7">
498 <term><command>xprop</command></term>
499 <listitem>
500 <para>is a property displayer for X.</para>
501 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xprop-x7">
502 <primary sortas="b-xprop">xprop</primary>
503 </indexterm>
504 </listitem>
505 </varlistentry>
506
507 <varlistentry id="xrandr-x7">
508 <term><command>xrandr</command></term>
509 <listitem>
510 <para>is a primitive command line interface to RandR
511 extension.</para>
512 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrandr-x7">
513 <primary sortas="b-xrandr">xrandr</primary>
514 </indexterm>
515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517
518 <varlistentry id="xrdb-x7">
519 <term><command>xrdb</command></term>
520 <listitem>
521 <para>is the X server resource database utility.</para>
522 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrdb-x7">
523 <primary sortas="b-xrdb">xrdb</primary>
524 </indexterm>
525 </listitem>
526 </varlistentry>
527
528 <varlistentry id="xrefresh-x7">
529 <term><command>xrefresh</command></term>
530 <listitem>
531 <para>refreshes all or part of an X screen.</para>
532 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrefresh-x7">
533 <primary sortas="b-xrefresh">xrefresh</primary>
534 </indexterm>
535 </listitem>
536 </varlistentry>
537
538 <varlistentry id="xset-x7">
539 <term><command>xset</command></term>
540 <listitem>
541 <para>is the user preference utility for X.</para>
542 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xset-x7">
543 <primary sortas="b-xset">xset</primary>
544 </indexterm>
545 </listitem>
546 </varlistentry>
547
548 <varlistentry id="xsetroot-x7">
549 <term><command>xsetroot</command></term>
550 <listitem>
551 <para>is the root window parameter setting utility for X.</para>
552 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xsetroot-x7">
553 <primary sortas="b-xsetroot">xsetroot</primary>
554 </indexterm>
555 </listitem>
556 </varlistentry>
557
558 <varlistentry id="xvinfo-x7">
559 <term><command>xvinfo</command></term>
560 <listitem>
561 <para>prints out X-Video extension adaptor information.</para>
562 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xvinfo-x7">
563 <primary sortas="b-xvinfo">xvinfo</primary>
564 </indexterm>
565 </listitem>
566 </varlistentry>
567
568 <varlistentry id="xwd-x7">
569 <term><command>xwd</command></term>
570 <listitem>
571 <para>dumps an image of an X window.</para>
572 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwd-x7">
573 <primary sortas="b-xwd">xwd</primary>
574 </indexterm>
575 </listitem>
576 </varlistentry>
577
578 <varlistentry id="xwininfo-x7">
579 <term><command>xwininfo</command></term>
580 <listitem>
581 <para>is a window information utility for X.</para>
582 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwininfo-x7">
583 <primary sortas="b-xwininfo">xwininfo</primary>
584 </indexterm>
585 </listitem>
586 </varlistentry>
587
588 <varlistentry id="xwud-x7">
589 <term><command>xwud</command></term>
590 <listitem>
591 <para>is an image displayer for X.</para>
592 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwud-x7">
593 <primary sortas="b-xwud">xwud</primary>
594 </indexterm>
595 </listitem>
596 </varlistentry>
597
598 </variablelist>
599
600 </sect2>
601
602</sect1>
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