sax2(1)
NAME
xquery - query the X-Server for a various set of informa
tion
SYNOPSIS
xquery [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
xquery is used to obtain/set special information from/to
the X-Server like new modeline timings to change size and
position of the picture or check for active number of
screens... see the options chapter to get an overview of
what xquery can do
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
Available command line options are the following:
-s Get number of available screens.
- -a "screen timing"
- Apply new modeline timing to the X-Server which may
change the current geometry of the picture. The
option -a takes only one parameter which is a
string containing the screen and timing informa tion. Every value of the parameter is seperated by
a single space, screen define which screen should be used to apply the new timing and timing specify the new timing values. Timing parameters are the
following: - 1. Horizontal display value
2. Number of horizontal ticks before vsync-start
3. Number of horizontal ticks until vsync-end
4. Total number of horizontal ticks - 5. Vertical display value
6. Number of vertical ticks before vsync-start
7. Number of vertical ticks until vsync-end
8. Total number of vertical ticks - -m Obtain currently used modelines for all screens
- -r Obtain currently used resolutions for all screens
- -y Obtain sync ranges from the active configuration
for all screens - -n screen
Switch to next mode of the given screen, according
to Modes configuration parameter which is located
within the screen section of the /etc/X11/XF86Con_ fig - -p screen
Same as option -n except switching to the previous
mode. - -d display
Set basic display to use. Specify only the major
display number without any screen information
because the number of screens are acounted from
xquery itself. - -c Get current color depths for all screens.
- -f Get current used frequencies for all screens.
- -M Get middle point coordinates of all screens.
- -S Get screen number of the screen the mouse is cur
rently over. - -R "screen text"
Show XFT rendered string on a specific screen.
NOTE
xquery take care about Xinerama sessions. This means even
if have only one big screen, xquery will know about the
single screens building this big screens.
AUTHORS
Marcus Schäfer <sax@suse.de>
MAINTAINERS
- The current maintainer is Marcus Schäfer. If you found a
bug concering SaX2 and/or related tools, feel free to con
tact Marcus < sax@suse.de >. If you have any questions concerning support areas please contact support@suse.de