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Other Clients
This chapter gives an overview of other clients available with X, including window and display information clients, printing utilities, the xkill program, and several “desk accessories.” It also examines some of the features common to applications written with the Motif Toolkit.
In This Chapter:
Clock Programs: xclock and oclock
A Scientific Calculator: xcalc
Mail Notification Client: xbiff
Monitoring System Load Average: xload
Browsing Reference Pages: xman
Printing Utilities: xwd, xpr, xdpr
Killing a Client Window with xkill
Problems with Killing a Client
Window and Display Information Clients
Displaying Information about a Window: xwininfo
Listing the Window Tree: xlswins
Listing the Currently Running Clients: xlsclients
Generating Information about the Display: xdpyinfo
Previewing Colors for Your Monitor: xcol
Working with Motif Applications
Selecting a File from the Files Box
Choosing a File from another Directory in the Directories Box
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Other Clients
In addition to xterm, the MIT distribution includes many other clients. This chapter discusses some of the more useful clients, grouped according to basic functionality:
- Desk accessories: xclock, ...
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