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XASTIR(1)	       Xastir APRS(tm) Client APPLICATION	       XASTIR(1)

NAME
     Xastir  -	graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm) in-
     ternet access to real-time mapping software.

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page briefly documents the Xastir commands.

SYNOPSIS
     xastir [options] Language ...

OPTIONS
     The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with  long  options
     starting with one dash (`-').  A summary of options is included below.

     -c /path/dir
	    Specify an optional config directory. Defaults to ~/.xastir

     -f callsign
	    Track callsign

     -i     Use a private colormap

     -geometry WxH+x+y
	    Set Window Geometry/Position

     -l Language
	    Xastir remembers the language once you set it the first time.

     -m     Deselect Maps

     -p     Disable popups

     -t     Internal SIGSEGV handler enabled

     -v Level
	    Set the debug level

     -?     Show summary of options available.

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES
     Current choices are:
     Dutch English French German Italian Portuguese Spanish.

Usage is:
     xastir -i -v 2047 -l Dutch &

SIGNALS
     SIGINT, SIQQUIT, SIGTERM Cause Xastir to exit.
     SIGHUP Causes a restart.
     SIGUSR1 Causes a snapshot to occur.

NETWORK PORTS
     Enable these ports on this menu:  "Interface->Enable Server Ports"

     TCP:2023  Bidirectional TCP port for clients to connect to.  Requires login
     if client will be transmitting.
     UDP:2023 Unidirectional UDP input port for clients to inject packets.   See
     the documentation for the format.

SEE ALSO
     The program is documented fully by help-English.dat, available via the HELP
     menu  option in Xastir, plus the various README and INSTALL text files that
     come with the program.  Also see <http://xastir.org> and the  Documentation
     Wiki there.

     Xastir is a program for APRS(tm)...

     APRS[tm]	is   a	 Trademark   of  Bob  Bruninga,  his  home  page  is  at
     "http://www.aprs.org/aprs.html"

COPYING
     Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
     Copyright (C) 2000-2026 The Xastir Group

AUTHOR
     This manual page was written by  Jose  <hi8gn@amsat.org>,	for  the  Debian
     GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

By Jose R. Marte A.	      HI8GN on Apr 09 2002		       XASTIR(1)

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