.TH xconsole "" "" "X Client"
.PC "Monitor console messages"
\fBxconsole [-\fItoolkitoption ...\^\fB] [\-file \fIdevice\^\fB]
	[\-notify] [\-stripNonprint] [\-daemon] [\-verbose] [\-exitOnFail]
.PP
.HS
.SH Options:
.IC "\fB\-bd \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the border to \fIcolor\fR
.IC "\fB\-bg \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the background to \fIcolor\fR
.IC "\fB\-bw \fIpixels\fR"
Set the width of the border to \fIpixels\fR
.IC \fB\-daemon\fR
Tell
.B xconsole
to place use the system calls
.B fork()
and
.B exit()
to place itself into the background
.IC "\fB\-display \fIhost\^\fB[:\fIserver\^\fB][.\fIscreen\^\fB]\fR"
Display the client's window on screen number \fIscreen\fR
of \fIserver\fR on host system \fIhost\fR
.IC \fB\-exitOnFail\fR
Tell
.B xconsole
to exit when it cannot redirect the console output
.IC "\fB\-fg \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the foreground to \fIcolor\fR
.IC \fB\-file \fIdevice\fR"
Monitor \fIdevice\fR instead of \fB/dev/console\fR
.IC "\fB\-fn \fIfont\fR"
Use \fIfont\fR in the display
.IC "\fB\-geometry \fIgeometry\fR"
Set the geometry of the program's window to \fIgeometry\fR
.IC "\fB\-nonotify\fR"
Do not modify the icon's name when new information is received from the
console device
.IC "\fB\-notify\fR"
When new data are received from the console,
append an `*' to the application's name within its icon
.IC \fB\-rv\fR
Simulate reverse video by exchanging the foreground and background colors
.IC \fB\-verbose\fR
Display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer
.IC "\fB\-xrm \fIresourcestring\fR"
Use \fIresourcestring\fR to define a resource
.HE
The X client
.B xconsole 
displays messages that are usually sent to
.BR /dev/console .
It recognizes the following command-line options:
.IP "\fB\-bd \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the border to
.IR color .
.IP "\fB\-bg \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the background to
.IR color .
.IP "\fB\-bw \fIpixels\fR"
Set the width of the border to
.IR pixels .
.IP \fB\-daemon\fR
Tell
.B xconsole
to place use the system calls
.B fork()
and
.B exit()
to place itself into the background.
.IP "\fB\-display \fIhost\^\fB[:\fIserver\^\fB][.\fIscreen\^\fB]\fR"
Display the client's window on screen number
.I screen
of
.I server
on host system
.IR host .
.IP \fB\-exitOnFail\fR
Tell
.B xconsole
to exit when it cannot redirect the console output.
.IP "\fB\-fg \fIcolor\fR"
Set the color of the foreground to
.IR color .
.IP \fB\-file \fIdevice\fR"
Monitor
.I device
instead of
.BR /dev/console .
.IP "\fB\-fn \fIfont\fR"
Use
.I font
in the display.
.IP "\fB\-geometry \fIgeometry\fR"
Set the geometry of the program's window to
.IR geometry .
The term ``geometry'' means the dimensions of the window and its location
on the screen.
.I geometry
has the form \fIwidth\(miheight\(+-xoffset\(+-yoffset\fR.
.IP \fB\-rv\fR
Simulate reverse video by exchanging the foreground and background colors.
.IP "\fB\-nonotify\fR"
Do not modify the icon's name when new information is received from the
console device.
.IP "\fB\-notify\fR"
When new data are received from the console,
append an `*' to the application's name within its icon.
This indicates that new information has been received from the console
device, even if
.B xconsole
has been iconified.
This is the default.
.IP \fB\-verbose\fR
Display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer.
.IP "\fB\-xrm \fIresourcestring\fR"
Use
.I resourcestring
to define a resource.
.SH "X Defaults"
.B xconsole
uses the Athena Text widget.
.SH Widgets
The following gives the hierarchical structure of the widgets that
.BR xconsole
uses:
.DM
XConsole  xconsole
	XConsole  text
.DE
.SH Environment
.B xconsole
reads the following environmental variables:
.IP \fBDISPLAY\fR
The default host and display number.
.IP \fBXENVIRONMENT\fR
Name the resource file to read.
This overrides the global resources
stored in the property
.BR RESOURCE_MANAGER .
.SH Files
\fB/usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole\fR \(em Name default resources
.SH "See Also"
.B
X clients,
xrdb
.R
.SH Notes
Copyright \(co 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
.PP
.II "Packard, Keith"
.B xconsole
was written by Keith Packard of the MIT X Consortium.
