lg(1) UNIX System V lg(1)
NAME
lg - start Looking Glass, an X desktop manager
SYNTAX
lg [ options ] directories
DESCRIPTION
The lg command starts Looking Glass, a desktop manager. X
must already be running.
Options are:
-help Tells Looking Glass to print a summary of command-
line arguments
-version
Tells Looking Glass to display version information
without starting.
-pro Specifies the Looking Glass Professional product
when the user has both Looking Glass and Looking
Glass Professional license numbers.
-std Specifies the Looking Glass product when the user
has both Looking Glass and Looking Glass
Professional license numbers.
-frame Tells Looking Glass to put a frame around its
windows. Use with window managers that do not
supply frames for windows.
-lookandfeel style
Allows you to specify a look-and-feel. Specifiy 3d
or 2d style. 3d is OSF/Motif compliant.
-laf style
See lookandfeel above.
-font font
Allows you to specify a font for plain (nonbold)
text. You can use any font available on your
system.
-fn font
See font above.
-bold font
Allows you to specifiy a font for bold text. You
can use any font available on your system.
-fb font
See boldfont above.
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-mono Forces a monochrome display on a color screen.
-foreground color
Allows you to specify a color for the user interface
elements that are in the foreground. Use a color
from the system's color database or specify a
color's Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values in hexadecimal
notation.
-fg color
See foreground above.
-background color
Allows you to specify a color for the user interface
elements that are in the background. Use a color
from the system's color database or specify a
color's Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values in hexadecimal
notation.
-bg color
See background above.
-bordercolor color
Lets you specify a color for Looking Glass window
borders. This argument only takes effect when the
-frame argument is also used.
-color color
See bordercolor above.
-borderwidth width
Lets you specify a width in pixels for Looking Glass
window borders. This argument only takes effect when
the -frame argument is also used.
-bw width
See borderwidth above.
-topshadow color
Allows you to specify a color for the top shadow of
the user interface elements. Use a color from the
system's color database or specify a color's Red,
Green, Blue (RGB) values in hexadecimal notation.
-ts color
See topshadow above.
-bottomshadow color
Allows you to specify a color for the bottom shadow
of the user interface elements. Use a color from
the system's color database or specify a color's
Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values in hexadecimal
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notation.
-bs color
See bottomshadow above.
-preload
Tells Looking Glass to preload all icon images at
startup for faster display performance. This is the
default. -nopreload Tells Looking Glass not to
preload all icon images.
-uwmstyle
Tells Looking Glass to display windows compatible
with the uwm window manager.
-display machine
Allows you to specify the hardware display name for
the machine whose display will be used by Looking
Glass. The machine name specified will be used to
set the DISPLAY environment variable.
EXAMPLES
$ lg /udd/smith &
This will start Looking Glass with the directory
"/udd/smith" already opened.
$ lg -display lab:0 &
This will force Looking Glass to display on the X-Server
lab:0.
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