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NAME
     xinit - X Window System initializer

SYNOPSIS
     xinit [[client] options] [-- [server] [display] options]

DESCRIPTION
     The xinit program is used  to  start  the  X  Window  System
     server,  a primary client program (usually a terminal emula-
     tor), and (additionally  via  an  .xinitrc  file)  secondary
     clients  (e.g.,  xsetroot,  xrdb, window manager) on systems
     that cannot start X directly from /etc/init or  in  environ-
     ments  that  use  multiple window systems.  When the primary
     client exits, xinit will kill the X  server  and  then  ter-
     minate.   If the X server exits, xinit will kill the primary
     client and then terminate.

     Unless  otherwise  specified  on  the  command  line,  xinit
     assumes  that  there are programs called ``X'' and ``xterm''
     in the current search path.  It starts the server on display
     0 and then runs an xterm using the following command line:

          xterm -geometry +10+20 -n login -display unix:0


     An alternate primary client and/or server may  be  specified
     on  the  command  line.   The desired client program and its
     arguments should be given as the first  command  line  argu-
     ments  to  xinit.   To  specify  a particular server command
     line, append a double dash (--) to the  xinit  command  line
     (after  any  client  and  arguments) followed by the desired
     server comand.

     Both the client program name and  the  server  program  name
     must  begin  with  a slash (/) or a period (.).   Otherwise,
     they are treated as an arguments to  be  appended  to  their
     respective  startup  lines.   This  makes it possible to add
     arguments (for example, foreground  and  background  colors)
     without having to retype the whole command line.

     If an explicit server name is not given and the first  argu-
     ment  following  the double dash (--) is a digit, xinit will
     use that number as the display number instead of zero.   All
     remaining arguments are appended to the server command line.

     An .xinitrc file can be used  to  start  secondary  clients.
     xinit  looks  for this file in the users home directory.  If
     the file exists it is either executed directly or passed  to
     the shell.  The format of this file is typically:

          client_a &
          client_b &



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          ...


EXAMPLES
     xinit -geometry =80x65+10+10 -fn 8x13 -j -fg white -bg navy

     xinit -e widgets -- ./Xsun -l -c

     xinit /usr/ucb/rsh fasthost cpupig -display workstation:1 --
     1 -a 2 -t 5

Files
     ${HOME}/.xinitrc

SEE ALSO
     X(1), Xserver(1), xterm(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  1988,  Massachusetts  Institute  of   Technology.
     Copyright 1988, AT&T
     See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
     Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science  Modified
     by Richard Smolucha, AT&T






























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