SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

X Command Line Options

When you invoke some X clients, such as the SAS System, you can use command line options that are passed to the X Window System. The following list describes the X command line options that are available when you invoke a SAS session from the command prompt. In general, you should specify X Window System options after SAS options on the command line.

-display host:server.screen

specifies the name or IP address of the terminal on which you want to display the SAS session. For example, if your display node is wizard, you might enter

-display wizard:0.0

-display 10.22.1.1:0

-name instance-name

reads the resources in your SAS resource file that begin with instance-name. For example, -name MYSAS reads the resources that begin with MYSAS, such as

MYSAS.dmsfont: Cour14
MYSAS.defaultToolbox: True

-title string

specifies the title up to six characters long for your SAS session window. To use multiple words in the title, enclose the words in single or double quotes. For example, -title MYSAS produces MYSAS:Explorer in the title bar of the Explorer window.

-xrm string

specifies a resource to override any defaults. For example, the following resource turns off the Confirm dialog box when you exit SAS:

-xrm 'SAS.confirmSASExit: False'

The SAS System does not support the following X command line options because their functionality is not applicable to the SAS System or is provided by SAS resources. Refer to Using X Resources to Customize the Motif Interface for more information on SAS resources.

-geometry: Window geometry is specified by the SAS.windowHeight, SAS.windowWidth, SAS.maxWindowHeight, and SAS.maxWindowWidth resources.
-background, -bg: These options are ignored.
-bordercolor, -bd: These options are ignored. Refer to Defining Colors and Attributes for Window Elements (CPARMS) for a description of specifying the color of window borders.
-borderwidth, -bw: These options are ignored. The width of window borders is set by the SAS System.
-foreground, -fg: These options are ignored.
-font, -fn: SAS fonts are specified by the SAS.DMSFont, SAS.DMSboldFont, and SAS.DMSfontPattern resources.
-iconic: This option is ignored.
-reverse, -rv, +rv: These options are ignored. Refer to Defining Colors and Attributes for Window Elements (CPARMS) for a description of specifying reverse video.
-selectionTimeout: Timeout length is specified by the SAS.selectTimeout resource.
-synchronous, +synchronous: The XSYNC command controls the X synchronization.
-xn1language: This option is ignored.

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