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NAME
     vuehello - The HP VUE Startup Transition Program.


SYNOPSIS
     vuehello [options]


DESCRIPTION
     Vuehello is a client that provides a transitory visual dur-
     ing the start up of the Hewlett-Packard Visual User Environ-
     ment (HP VUE). Vuehello is designed to cover the interval
     between login (see vuelogin(1X)) and the start up of the
     window manager (see vuewm(1X)).

     Vuehello covers the screen with a window and displays a mes-
     sage centered in the screen. The message consists of two
     parts. The first part is a short welcome string.  This
     string may contain literal new-line characters. The second
     part is the content of one or more (up to five) files. Each
     line of text from these two parts is centered on the screen.

     Vuehello will only keep the first 100 lines of text it accu-
     mulates. It does not scroll or try to prevent the text from
     getting clipped if the text does not fit on the screen.

     Vuehello is designed to be invoked just after login. A rea-
     sonable file to contain the invocation of vuehello is
     /usr/lib/X11/Vuelogin/Xsession.


OPTIONS
     -display display_name
             This option names the display on which to run.  The
             default display is taken from the $DISPLAY environ-
             ment variable.

     -bg background_color
             This option specifies the background color of the
             window.  The default value is "black" for B&W and
             screens with limited color (16 or less) and "corn-
             flowerblue" for screens with more colors (more than
             16). The background color can also be specified by
             setting the background (class Background) resource.

     -fg foreground_color
             This option specifies the foreground color (for the
             text).  The default value is "white." The foreground
             color can also be specified by setting the fore-
             ground (class Foreground) resource.

     -file file_name



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             This option specifies a file from which to read mes-
             sage text. This option may appear up to five times
             to include text from five different files.  Vuehello
             keeps only the first 100 lines of text from the com-
             bination of the message string and files. Each line
             is centered on the screen.  If no file option is
             specified, the file "/etc/copyright" is displayed.
             The file (class File) resource is recognized, but
             only one file can be specified this way.

     -font font_name
             This option specifies the font to use with which to
             render the text string.  The default value is "sys-
             tem23." The equivalent resource is font (class
             Font).

     -string text_string
             This option specifies the message text to display.
             Messages with embedded spaces must be quoted.
             Literal new-line characters can be embedded in the
             text string to specify line breaks. Each line will
             be centered on the screen.  The default text is:

                                 Starting the
                               Hewlett-Packard
                           Visual User Environment

             The message text can also be specified with the
             string (class String) resource.

     -timeout num_seconds
             This option specifies the timeout value in seconds.
             Vuehello sets a timer and then waits for the
             ReparentNotify event that signals that the window
             manager is up. If the timer expires, vuehello stops
             waiting on the window manager and terminates immedi-
             ately. The default value is 240 seconds. The
             equivalent resource is timeout (class Timeout).


ENVIRONMENT
     Vuehello may use the $DISPLAY environment variable.


FILES
     /usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuelogin/Xsession
     /usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuelogin/Xstartup


COPYRIGHT
     (c) Copyright 1990 by Hewlett-Packard Company.
     All rights reserved.



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ORIGIN
     Hewlett-Packard Company ITO.


RELATED INFORMATION
     vuelogin(1X), vuewm(1X).

















































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