X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/xtoys/blobdiff_plain/f3b35b6bbd646fb0e676ef3d64c91b38ff9f9162..2a1038487eaf81c1474cc9dccaf02fea2245a786:/xtell.1 diff --git a/xtell.1 b/xtell.1 index 2baef26..a49c972 100644 --- a/xtell.1 +++ b/xtell.1 @@ -1,21 +1,27 @@ +.\" -*-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 ] +.IR msg ] +.RI [ \c +.IB atom : 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 +.SS Options .TP 5 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display Attempt to connect to @@ -27,15 +33,26 @@ Sets .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 +.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg Sets .B xtell to set the given property to -.IR message . -The default message to set is +.IR msg . +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).