VUEHELLO(1X)
NAME
vuehello - The HP VUE Startup Transition Program.
SYNOPSIS
vuehello [options]
DESCRIPTION
Vuehello is a client that provides a transitory visual during the start up of the Hewlett-Packard Visual User Environment (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 message 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 accumulates. 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 reasonable 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 environment 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 "cornflowerblue" 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 foreground (class Foreground) resource.
−file file_name
This option specifies a file from which to read message 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 combination 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 "system23." 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 immediately. 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.
ORIGIN
Hewlett-Packard Company ITO.
RELATED INFORMATION
— HP VUE 2.01 (2/91)