XSET(1) XSET(1)
NAME
xset - user preference utility for X
SYNOPSIS
xset [-display display] [-b] [b on/off] [b [volume [pitch [duration]]] [[-]bc] [-c] [c on/off] [c [volume]] [[+-]dpms] [dpms standby [ suspend [ off]]] [dpms force standby/suspend/off] [[-+]fp[-+=] path[,path[,...]]] [fp default] [fp rehash] [[-]led [integer]] [led on/off] [m[ouse] [accel_mult[/accel_div] [threshold]]] [m[ouse] default] [p pixel color] [[-]r [keycode]] [r on/off] [r rate delay [rate]] [s [length [period]]] [s blank/noblank] [s expose/noexpose] [s on/off] [s default] [s activate] [s reset] [q]
DESCRIPTION
This program is used to set various user preference options of the display.
OPTIONS
-display display This option specifies the server to use; see X(7). b The b option controls bell volume, pitch and dura tion. This option accepts up to three numerical parameters, a preceding dash(-), or a 'on/off' flag. If no parameters are given, or the 'on' flag is used, the system defaults will be used. If the dash or 'off' are given, the bell will be turned off. If only one numerical parameter is given, the bell volume will be set to that value, as a percentage of its maximum. Likewise, the second numerical parameter specifies the bell pitch, in hertz, and the third numerical parameter specifies the duration in milliseconds. Note that not all hardware can vary the bell characteris tics. The X server will set the characteristics of the bell as closely as it can to the user's specifications. bc The bc option controls bug compatibility mode in the server, if possible; a preceding dash(-) dis ables the mode, otherwise the mode is enabled. Various pre-R4 clients pass illegal values in some protocol requests, and pre-R4 servers did not cor rectly generate errors in these cases. Such clients, when run against an R4 server, will ter minate abnormally or otherwise fail to operate correctly. Bug compatibility mode explicitly reintroduces certain bugs into the X server, so that many such clients can still be run. This mode should be used with care; new application X Version 11 Release 6.6 1 XSET(1) XSET(1) development should be done with this mode dis abled. The server must support the MIT-SUNDRY- NONSTANDARD protocol extension in order for this option to work. c The c option controls key click. This option can take an optional value, a preceding dash(-), or an 'on/off' flag. If no parameter or the 'on' flag is given, the system defaults will be used. If the dash or 'off' flag is used, keyclick will be dis abled. If a value from 0 to 100 is given, it is used to indicate volume, as a percentage of the maximum. The X server will set the volume to the nearest value that the hardware can support. -dpms The -dpms option disables DPMS (Energy Star) fea tures. +dpms The +dpms option enables DPMS (Energy Star) fea tures. dpms flags... The dpms option allows the DPMS (Energy Star) parameters to be set. The option can take up to three numerical values, or the `force' flag fol lowed by a DPMS state. The `force' flags forces the server to immediately switch to the DPMS state specified. The DPMS state can be one of `standby', `suspend', or `off'. When numerical values are given, they set the inactivity period (in units of seconds) before the three modes are activated. The first value given is for the `standby' mode, the second is for the `suspend' mode, and the third is for the `off' mode. Set ting these values implicitly enables the DPMS fea tures. A value of zero disables a particular mode. fp= path,... The fp= sets the font path to the entries given in the path argument. The entries are interpreted by the server, not by the client. Typically they are directory names or font server names, but the interpretation is server-dependent. fp default The default argument causes the font path to be reset to the server's default. fp rehash The rehash argument resets the font path to its current value, causing the server to reread the font databases in the current font path. This is X Version 11 Release 6.6 2 XSET(1) XSET(1) generally only used when adding new fonts to a font directory (after running mkfontdir to recre ate the font database). -fp or fp- The -fp and fp- options remove elements from the current font path. They must be followed by a comma-separated list of entries. +fp or fp+ This +fp and fp+ options prepend and append ele ments to the current font path, respectively. They must be followed by a comma-separated list of entries. led The led option controls the keyboard LEDs. This controls the turning on or off of one or all of the LEDs. It accepts an optional integer, a pre ceding dash(-) or an 'on/off' flag. If no parame ter or the 'on' flag is given, all LEDs are turned on. If a preceding dash or the flag 'off' is given, all LEDs are turned off. If a value between 1 and 32 is given, that LED will be turned on or off depending on the existence of a preced ing dash. A common LED which can be controlled is the ``Caps Lock'' LED. ``xset led 3'' would turn led #3 on. ``xset -led 3'' would turn it off. The particular LED values may refer to different LEDs on different hardware. m The m option controls the mouse parameters. The parameters for the mouse are `acceleration' and `threshold'. The acceleration can be specified as an integer, or as a simple fraction. The mouse, or whatever pointer the machine is connected to, will go `acceleration' times as fast when it trav els more than `threshold' pixels in a short time. This way, the mouse can be used for precise align ment when it is moved slowly, yet it can be set to travel across the screen in a flick of the wrist when desired. One or both parameters for the m option can be omitted, but if only one is given, it will be interpreted as the acceleration. If no parameters or the flag 'default' is used, the sys tem defaults will be set. p The p option controls pixel color values. The parameters are the color map entry number in deci mal, and a color specification. The root X Version 11 Release 6.6 3 XSET(1) XSET(1) background colors may be changed on some servers by altering the entries for BlackPixel and WhitePixel. Although these are often 0 and 1, they need not be. Also, a server may choose to allocate those colors privately, in which case an error will be generated. The map entry must not be a read-only color, or an error will result. r The r option controls the autorepeat. If a pre ceding dash or the 'off' flag is used, autorepeat will be disabled. If no parameters or the 'on' flag is used, autorepeat will be enabled. If a specific keycode is specified as a parameter, autorepeat for that keycode is enabled or dis abled. If the server supports the XFree86-Misc extension, or the XKB extension, then a parameter of 'rate' is accepted and should be followed by zero, one or two numeric values. The first speci fies the delay before autorepeat starts and the second specifies the repeat rate. In the case that the server supports the XKB extension, the delay is the number of milliseconds before autore peat starts, and the rate is the number of repeats per second. If the rate or delay is not given, it will be set to the default value. s The s option lets you set the screen saver parame ters. This option accepts up to two numerical parameters, a 'blank/noblank' flag, an 'expose/noexpose' flag, an 'on/off' flag, an 'activate/reset' flag, or the 'default' flag. If no parameters or the 'default' flag is used, the system will be set to its default screen saver characteristics. The 'on/off' flags simply turn the screen saver functions on or off. The 'acti vate' flag forces activation of screen saver even if the screen saver had been turned off. The 'reset' flag forces deactivation of screen saver if it is active. The 'blank' flag sets the pref erence to blank the video (if the hardware can do so) rather than display a background pattern, while 'noblank' sets the preference to display a pattern rather than blank the video. The 'expose' flag sets the preference to allow window exposures (the server can freely discard window contents), while 'noexpose' sets the preference to disable screen saver unless the server can regenerate the screens without causing exposure events. The length and period parameters for the screen saver function determines how long the server must be inactive for screen saving to activate, and the period to change the background pattern to avoid X Version 11 Release 6.6 4 XSET(1) XSET(1) burn in. The arguments are specified in seconds. If only one numerical parameter is given, it will be used for the length. q The q option gives you information on the current settings. These settings will be reset to default values when you log out. Note that not all X implementations are guaranteed to honor all of these options.
SEE ALSO
X(7), Xserver(1), xmodmap(1), xrdb(1), xsetroot(1)
AUTHOR
Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science David Krikorian, MIT Project Athena (X11 version) XFree86-Misc support added by David Dawes and Joe Moss X Version 11 Release 6.6 5
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