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NAME
olinit - initialize the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface
SYNOPSIS
olinit [[client] options] [-- [server] [display] options]
DESCRIPTION
The olinit program is similar to the original X Window Sys-
tem xinit program, but is described here in detail to out-
line the difference. Aside from naming conventions, the
major difference is that the default primary client is the
OPEN LOOK workspace manager instead of xterm.
The olinit program is used to start the X Window System
server, a primary client program (the OPEN LOOK workspace
manager), and (optionally through an .olinitrc file) secon-
dary clients (e.g., window manager or xterm). When the pri-
mary client exits, olinit will kill the X server and then
terminate. If the X server exits, olinit will kill the pri-
mary client and the secondary clients and then terminate.
Unless otherwise specified on the command line, olinit
assumes that there are programs called X and olwsm in the
current search path. It starts the server on display 0 and
then runs olwsm. 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 com-
mand line arguments to olinit. To specify a particular
server command line, append a double dash (--) to the olinit
command line (after any client and arguments) followed by
the desired server command.
Otherwise, they are treated as 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, the olinit
program will use that number as the display number instead
of zero. All remaining arguments are appended to the server
command line.
olinit also creates files called .oliniterr and .olinitout
and places them in the user's home directory. All errors and
warnings are put in the .oliniterr file. Output to stdout is
written out to the .olinitout file.
An .olinitrc file can be used to start secondary clients if
olwsm is the primary client. Since it is the responsibility
of olwsm to execute the .olinitrc file, the contents of
.olinitrc will be ignored if an application other than olwsm
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is the primary client for olinit. olwsm looks for this file
in the user's home directory. The format of this file is
typically:
clienta &
clientb &
...
If you run .olinit with any client other than olwsm as the
primary client, the .olinitrc file will not be executed.
FILES
$HOME/.olinitrc
$HOME/.oliniterr
$HOME/.olinitout
NOTE
.olinout can only be used for starting the server and
clients on the same machine. Using olinit with remote
servers is not supported in this release.
olinit can be used to change the screen resolution to one of
three different resolutions with the following command:
olinit -- x -lines [600] [480] [400]
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