+.\" -*-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 ]
.IR atom ]
.RB [ \-m
.IR message ]
+.RI [ \c
+.IB atom : msg , msg \c
+\&...]
+.ll -5i
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B xtell
.B xtell
to to set the property named
.IR atom .
-The default property to set to is
-.BR XWAIT_PROPERTY .
+Use of this option is deprecated.
.TP 5
.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
Sets
.B xtell
to set the given property to
.IR message .
-The default message to set is
+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).