1. NAME▲

xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

8n xconsole [-toolkitoption ...] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail]

3. DESCRIPTION ▲

The xconsoleprogram displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console.

4. OPTIONS ▲

Xconsoleaccepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below:

-file file-name
        To monitor some other device, use this option to specify the device name. This does not work on regular files as they are always ready to be read from.

-notify -nonotify

        When new data are received from the console and the notify option is set, the icon name of the application has " *" appended, so that it is evident even when the application is iconified. -notify is the default.

-daemon

        This option causes xconsoleto place itself in the background, using fork/exit.

-verbose

        When set, this option directs xconsoleto display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer.

-exitOnFail

        When set, this option directs xconsoleto exit when it is unable to redirect the console output.

-saveLines count
        When set, xconsoleonly preserves countlines of message history instead of growing the text buffer without bound (a countof zero - the default - is treated as placing no limit on the history).

5. X DEFAULTS ▲

This program uses the Athena Textwidget, look in the Athena Widget Setdocumentation for controlling it.

Xconsoleotherwise accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options (without the leading dash). "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an integer, and the remaining options are booleans.

6. WIDGETS ▲

In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose xconsole. In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name.

 
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.TA .5i
 .5i
XConsole  xconsole
	XConsole  text



7. ENVIRONMENT ▲

DISPLAY

        to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

        to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

8. FILES ▲

  • /etc/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
        specifies required resources

9. SEE ALSO ▲

X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

10. AUTHOR ▲

Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)