kuesvr(1)

NAME

kuesvr - the CERN KUIP edit server

SYNOPSIS

kuesvr -p pid -c cmd -t tmpfile [ -e editor ] file

DESCRIPTION

kuesvr is a small program called from KUIP. (KUIP stands

for Kit for a User Interface Package; it is part of the Packlib

library from CERN.) kuesvr allows the user to call up an editor

from within a KUIP program (PAW, for instance) on the file given

by file, and continue to use the program asynchronously.

In general kuesvr is not called directly from the command

line (in Debian it is not even located in the $PATH); instead it

will be run automatically from a KUIP program when an editor is

needed, as long as the command line set with KUIP's HOST_EDITOR

command ends with an ampersand ('&'), and $DISPLAY is set. If

$DISPLAY is unset (or, on non-Debian systems, if kuesvr cannot be

found in $PATH), the ampersand will be ignored. For instance,

PAW > HOST_EDITOR 'emacs -geometry 80x48 &'

The editor is expected to create its own graphical window.

However, since 'vi' is a frequent choice, setting HOST_EDITOR to

'vi &' will automatically be interpreted as 'x-terminal-emulator

-e vi &' instead.

OPTIONS

-c cmd Specifies the KUIP command invoking the edit serv

er.

-e editor

Specifies the editor to be used. By default it is

vi. Even though this flag is optional, it will be set anyway

when kuesvr is called from the KUIP library.

-p pid Specifies the process ID of the calling program.

-t tmpfile

Specifies the name of the temporary file used for

communication between the calling program and the edit server.

This is a Debian extension added for security reasons. It is a

required argument, so this version of kuesvr will not work with a

KUIP application using CERN's unmodified Packlib; nor will CERN's

unmodified kuesvr work with the Debian version of Packlib.

SEE ALSO

· paw(1) - a program that can use the edit server
· the KUIP online help available with command "help

host_editor"
· the KUIP manual, available at

http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/kuip.ps.gz

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccar

ty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used

by others).

March 4, 2005

KUESVR(1)