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Revision: 1.1
Committed: Tue Feb 24 21:41:16 2004 UTC (20 years, 4 months ago) by pcg
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1 pcg 1.1 .if !\n(.g .ab GNU tbl requires GNU troff.
2     .if !dTS .ds TS
3     .if !dTE .ds TE
4     .TH "RXVT-UNICODE" "1" "X Version 11" "X Tools"
5     .SH "NAME"
6     rxvt (ouR XVT) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system
7     .PP
8     .SH "SYNOPSIS"
9     .PP
10     \fBrxvtd\fP
11     .PP
12     \fBrxvtc\fP [options] [\-e command [ args ]]
13     .PP
14     .SH "DESCRIPTION"
15     .PP
16     \fBrxvtd\fP is a colour vt102 terminal
17     emulator intended as an \fIxterm\fP(1) replacement. \fBrxvtd\fP
18     implements the actual program that runs runs as daemon in background and
19     opens pseudo-ttys. You can run it from your X startup scripts, for
20     example, although it is not dependent on a working DISPLAY and, in fact,
21     can open windows on multiple X displays.
22     .PP
23     \fBrxvtc\fP is the client program of this duo. It connects to the
24     \fBrxvtd\fP daemon and requests a new terminal window. It
25     takes the same arguments as the \fBrxvt\fP program. The environment will
26     also be respected. Currently, it always returns immediately after contacting
27     the daemon.
28     .PP
29     The positive aspect of this client-server solution is faster creation
30     time for terminal windows and a lot of saved memory. The other side is a
31     possible impact on stability - if the main program crashes, all
32     processes in the terminal windows are terminated. At the moment, a single
33     misspelled option will kill the \fBrxvtd\fP, so this is useful mostly
34     for automated calls e.g. from your window manager.
35     .PP
36     .PP
37     .SH "SEE ALSO"
38     .PP
39     \fIrxvt\fP(1), \fIsh\fP(1), \fI/usr/share/doc/rxvt\-unicode/README.unicode\fP
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