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XCONSOLE(1)			  X Version 11			     XCONSOLE(1)

NAME
     xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

SYNOPSIS
     xconsole [-toolkitoption ...] [-file file-name]
	      [-notify|-nonotify] [-daemon] [-verbose]
	      [-exitOnFail] [-stripNonprint] [-saveLines count]
     xconsole -help
     xconsole -version

DESCRIPTION
     The  xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/con-
     sole.

OPTIONS
     Xconsole accepts 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 xconsole to place itself in the background, us-
	     ing fork/exit.

     -verbose
	     When set, this option directs xconsole to	display  an  informative
	     message in the first line of the text buffer.

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

     -stripNonprint
	     When  set,  this  option  directs	xconsole to not include any non-
	     printable characters in the current locale in the displayed output.

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

     -help   This  option  indicates  that xconsole should print a usage message
	     and exit.

     -version
	     This option indicates that xconsole should print  its  version  and
	     exit.

X DEFAULTS
     This  program  uses  the  Athena Text widget, look in the Athena Widget Set
     documentation for controlling it.

     Xconsole otherwise 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.

WIDGETS
     In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the  hierarchy  of  the
     widgets  which  compose xconsole.	In the notation below, indentation indi-
     cates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is given  first,  fol-
     lowed by the widget instance name.

     XConsole  xconsole
	  XConsole  text

ENVIRONMENT
     DISPLAY
	     to get the default host and display number.

     XENVIRONMENT
	     to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global re-
	     sources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

FILES
     /usr/local/share/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
	    specifies required resources

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

AUTHOR
     Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)

xconsole 1.1.1			   2023-02-05			     XCONSOLE(1)

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