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Table of Contents:

Preface
Do I Have To Read This WHOLE Book?
A Quick Start Approach to X
Assumptions
What's New in Release 5?: New Client Programs; Defunct Programs; Clients that Work Differently in Release 4 and Release 5; Available Fonts; Available Colors; Screen-specific Resources
Bulk Sales Information
Acknowledgements
Font and Character Conventions

Part One: Using X

Chapter 1. An Introduction to the X Window System
Anatomy of an X Display
Standard X Clients versus Motif Clients
X Architecture Overview
The X Display Server
Clients
The Window Manager
The xterm Terminal Emulator
The Display Manager
Other Standard X Clients
Customizing Clients
Chapter 2. Getting Started
Starting X
Logging On in the Special xdm Window
Logging In at a Full Screen Prompt
Starting X Manually
Starting the mwm Window Manager
Typing In a Window Once mwm is Running
Chapter 3. Working in the X Environment
Creating Other Windows
Using the Pointer
Managing Windows Using the mwm Frame
Converting a Window to an Icon
Converting an Icon to a Window
Maximizing a Window
Raising a Window or Icon
Moving a Window
Moving an Icon
Resizing a Window
Closing a Window: The Window Menu Button
Exiting from an xterm Window
Starting Additional Clients
Command-line Options
Window Geometry: Specifying Size and Location
Running a Client on Another Machine: Specifying the Display
The DISPLAY Environment Variable
Using -display
Once You Run a Remote xterm Using -display
Logging In to a Remote System
Monitoring the Load on a Remote System
Putting It All Together
Customizing a Program
Customizing the X Environment
Where to Go from Here
Chapter 4. More About the mwm Window Manager
Using Special Keys
Input Focus and the Window Manager
Focusing Input on an Icon
Changing the Stacking Order with Keystrokes
Transferring (Explicit) Focus with Keystrokes
What To Do if mwm Dies and the Focus Is Lost
A Quick Review of Frame Features
Using the Window Menu
Invoking Window Menu Items
Pointer Commands to Manage Icons
Using the Window Menu on Icons
The Root Menu
Chapter 5. The xterm Terminal Emulator
Terminal Emulation and the xterm Terminal Type
Resizing and Terminal Emulation
Running xterm with a Scrollbar
The Athena Scrollbar
How to Use the Scrollbar
Copying and Pasting Text Selections
Selecting Text to Copy
Extending a Selection
Pasting Text Selections
The Text Selection Mechanism and xclipboard
Saving Multiple Selections with xclipboard
Problems with Large Selections
Editing Text Saved in the xclipboard
The xterm Menus
The Main Options Menu
VT Options Menu
VT Fonts Menu
Tek Options Menu
Chapter 6. Font Specification
What's New in Release 5?
If You Just Want to Pick a Font
Font Naming Conventions
Font Families
Stroke Weight and Slant
The Size of Bitmap and Outline Fonts
Other Information in the Font Name
Font Name Wildcarding
Specifying Scalable Fonts
The Font Search Path
Modifying the Font Search Path
The fonts.dir Files
Font Name Aliasing
Making the Server Aware of Aliases
Utilities for Displaying Information about Fonts
The Font Displayer: xfd
Previewing and Selecting Fonts: xfontsel
Previewing Fonts with the xfontsel Menus
Selecting a Font Name
Changing Fonts in xterm Windows
The Great Escape
The Selection Menu Item
Using the Font Server