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.\" -*-nroff-*-
.TH xtell 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
.SH NAME
xtell \- prods a waiting xwait process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ll +5i
.B xtell
.RB [ \-d
.IR display ]
.RB [ \-a
.IR atom ]
.RB [ \-m
.IR message ]
.RI [ \c
.IB atom : msg , msg \c
\&...]
.ll -5i
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B xtell
program sets a named property on the X root window to a particular
value.  This is primarily useful for communicating with
.BR xwait (1).
.SS OPTIONS
.TP 5
.BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
Attempt to connect to
.I display
rather than the display named in the usual environment variable.
.TP 5
.BI "\-a, \-\-atom " atom
Sets
.B xtell
to to set the property named
.IR atom .
Use of this option is deprecated.
.TP 5
.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
Sets
.B xtell
to set the given property to
.IR message .
Use of this option is deprecated.
.PP
The
.B \-a
and
.B \-m
options are deprecated, though retained for compatibility reasons.  It's
recommended that you use the non-option specification instead.
.PP
The argument specifies an atom name and a message string to set.  The
default, if no atom or message is given, is to set
.B XWAIT_PROPERTY
to the value
.BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
.SH BUGS
None currently known.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR xwait (1),
and
.BR xshutdown (1).
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b6eb57e6	1	.\" --nroff--
90b2c5d4	2	.TH xtell 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
	3	.SH NAME
	4	xtell \- prods a waiting xwait process
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
d72bdcdb	6	.ll +5i
90b2c5d4	7	.B xtell
	8	.RB [ \-d
	9	.IR display ]
	10	.RB [ \-a
	11	.IR atom ]
	12	.RB [ \-m
	13	.IR message ]
d72bdcdb	14	.RI [ \c
	15	.IB atom : msg , msg \c
	16	\&...]
	17	.ll -5i
90b2c5d4	18	.SH DESCRIPTION
	19	The
	20	.B xtell
	21	program sets a named property on the X root window to a particular
	22	value. This is primarily useful for communicating with
	23	.BR xwait (1).
	24	.SS OPTIONS
	25	.TP 5
f3b35b6b	26	.BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
90b2c5d4	27	Attempt to connect to
	28	.I display
	29	rather than the display named in the usual environment variable.
	30	.TP 5
f3b35b6b	31	.BI "\-a, \-\-atom " atom
90b2c5d4	32	Sets
	33	.B xtell
	34	to to set the property named
	35	.IR atom .
d72bdcdb	36	Use of this option is deprecated.
90b2c5d4	37	.TP 5
f3b35b6b	38	.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
90b2c5d4	39	Sets
	40	.B xtell
	41	to set the given property to
	42	.IR message .
d72bdcdb	43	Use of this option is deprecated.
	44	.PP
	45	The
	46	.B \-a
	47	and
	48	.B \-m
	49	options are deprecated, though retained for compatibility reasons. It's
	50	recommended that you use the non-option specification instead.
	51	.PP
	52	The argument specifies an atom name and a message string to set. The
	53	default, if no atom or message is given, is to set
	54	.B XWAIT_PROPERTY
	55	to the value
90b2c5d4	56	.BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .
	57	.SH AUTHOR
	58	Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
	59	.SH BUGS
	60	None currently known.
	61	.SH SEE ALSO
	62	.BR xwait (1),
	63	and
	64	.BR xshutdown (1).