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XQUARTZ(1)                                                                                        XQUARTZ(1)



NAME
       Xquartz - X window system server for Mac OSX

SYNOPSIS
       Xquartz [ options ] ...

DESCRIPTION
       Xquartz is the X window server for Mac OS X provided by Apple.  Xquartz runs in parallel with Aqua in
       rootless mode. In rootless mode, the X window system and Mac OS X share your display.  The root  win-dow window
       dow  of  the  X11  display is the size of the screen and contains all the other windows. The X11 root
       window is not displayed in rootless mode as Mac OS X handles the desktop background.

CUSTOMIZATION
       Xquartz can be customized using the defaults(1) command. The available options are:

       defaults write org.x.X11 enable_fake_buttons -boolean true
               Emulates a 3 button mouse using modifier keys. By default, the Command modifier  is  used  to
               emulate button 2 and Option is used for button 3. Thus, clicking the first mouse button while
               holding down Command will act like clicking button 2. Holding down Option will simulate  but-ton button
               ton 3.

       defaults write org.x.X11 fake_button2 modifiers
               Change the modifier keys used to emulate the second mouse button. By default, Command is used
               to emulate the second button. Any combination of the following modifier names  may  be  used:
               {l,r,}shift, {l,r,}option, {l,r,}control, {l,r,}command, fn

       defaults write org.x.X11 fake_button3 modifiers
               Change the modifier keys used to emulate the second mouse button. By default, Command is used
               to emulate the second button. Any combination of the following modifier names  may  be  used:
               {l,r,}shift, {l,r,}option, {l,r,}control, {l,r,}command, fn

       defaults write org.x.X11 fullscreen_hotkeys -boolean true
               Enable OSX hotkeys while in fullscreen

       defaults write org.x.X11 fullscreen_menu -boolean true
               Show the OSX menu while in fullscreen

       defaults write org.x.X11 no_quit_alert -boolean true
               Disables the alert dialog displayed when attempting to quit X11.

       defaults write org.x.X11 no_auth -boolean true
               Stops  the X server requiring that clients authenticate themselves when connecting.  See Xse-curity(7). Xsecurity(7).
               curity(7).

       defaults write org.x.X11 nolisten_tcp -boolean false
               This will tell the server to listen and accept TCP connections.  Doing this without  enabling
               xauth is a possible security concern.  See Xsecurity(7).

       defaults write org.x.X11 enable_system_beep -boolean false
               Don't use the standard system beep effect for X11 alerts.

       defaults write org.x.X11 enable_key_equivalents -boolean false
               Disable menu keyboard equivalents while X11 windows are focused.

       defaults write org.x.X11 depth depth
               Specifies the color bit depth to use. Currently only 15, and 24 color bits per pixel are sup-ported. supported.
               ported. If not specified, or a value of -1 is specified, defaults to the depth  of  the  main
               display.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_keymap -boolean true
               Keep the X11 keymap up to date with the OSX system keymap.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard -boolean true
               Enable  syncing  between  the  OSX pasteboard and clipboard/primary selection buffers in X11.
               This option needs to be true for any of the other pasteboard sync options to have an  effect.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard_to_clipboard -boolean true
               Update the X11 CLIPBOARD when the OSX NSPasteboard is updated.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard_to_primary -boolean true
               Update the the X11 PRIMARY buffer when the OSX NSPasteboard is updated.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_clipboard_to_pasteboard -boolean true
               Update  the  the OSX NSPasteboard when the X11 CLIPBOARD is updated.  Note that enabling this
               option causes the clipboard synchronization to act as a clipboard manager in X11.  This makes
               it  impossible to use xclipboard, klipper, or any other such clipboard managers.  If you want
               to use any of these programs, you must disable this option.

       defaults write org.x.X11 sync_primary_on_select -boolean true
               This option defaults to false and is provided only "for experts."  It  updates  the  NSPaste-board NSPasteboard
               board  whenever  a  new X11 selection is made (rather than requiring you to hit cmd-c to copy
               the selection to the NSPasteboard).  Since the X11 protocol does not require applications  to
               send  notification  when  they change selection, this might not work in all cases (if you run
               into this problem, try selecting text in another application first, then selecting  the  text
               you want).

       defaults write org.x.X11 enable_test_extensions -boolean true
               This  option  defaults to false and is only accessible through the command line.  Enable this
               option to turn on the DEC-XTRAP, RECORD, and XTEST extensions in the server.

OPTIONS
       In addition to the normal server options described in the Xserver(1) manual page, Xquartz accepts the
       following command line switches:

       -fakebuttons
               Same as enable_fake_buttons above with value true.

       -nofakebuttons
               Same as enable_fake_buttons above with value false.

       -fakemouse2 modifiers
               Same as fake_button2 above.

       -fakemouse3 modifiers
               Same as fake_button3 above.

       -depth depth
               Same as depth above.

SEE ALSO
       X(7), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1)

       http://xquartz.macosforge.org


AUTHORS / HISTORY
       X11  was  originally ported to Mac OS X Server by John Carmack.  Dave Zarzycki used this as the basis
       of his port of XFree86 4.0 to Darwin 1.0.  Torrey T. Lyons improved and integrated this code into the
       XFree86 Project's mainline for the 4.0.2 release.

       The following members of the XonX Team contributed to the following releases (in alphabetical order):

       XFree86 4.1.0:
           Rob Braun - Darwin x86 support
           Torrey T. Lyons - Project Lead
           Andreas Monitzer - Cocoa version of XDarwin front end
           Gregory Robert Parker - Original Quartz implementation
           Christoph Pfisterer - Dynamic shared X libraries
           Toshimitsu Tanaka - Japanese localization

       XFree86 4.2.0:
           Rob Braun - Darwin x86 support
           Pablo Di Noto - Spanish localization
           Paul Edens - Dutch localization
           Kyunghwan Kim - Korean localization
           Mario Klebsch - Non-US keyboard support
           Torrey T. Lyons - Project Lead
           Andreas Monitzer - German localization
           Patrik Montgomery - Swedish localization
           Greg Parker - Rootless support
           Toshimitsu Tanaka - Japanese localization
           Olivier Verdier - French localization

       Code from Apple's X11.app (which was based on XFree86 4.1) was integrated into X.org's XDarwin DDX by
       Ben  Byer  for  xorg-server-1.2.   The XDarwin DDX was renamed Xquartz to more accurately reflect its
       state (the pure-darwin backend was removed).  Jeremy Huddleston took over as project lead and brought
       the project up to the X.org 1.4 server branch.

       Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com> is the current maintainer.



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