NAME

xinfo - print information about X window system

SYNOPSIS

xinfo [-v | -t] [-d] [-w] [-f | -fp  pattern]  [-c  columns]
[-fn fontname] [-display host:display]

DESCRIPTION

xinfo prints information about a display, window, or font.

OPTIONS

xinfo understands to following options:

-v      Print verbose information.  This is the default.

-t      Print terse information.  The default is verbose.

-d xinfo prints information about the display and screen structures.

-w xinfo prompts you to select a window and prints the attributes of the selected window.

-f xinfo prints the entire list of available fonts. By default these are printed 1 per line. Multiple columns are obtained using the -c option.

-fp pattern

xinfo prints the list of all fonts matching the given pattern. See XListFonts for details.

-fn fontname

xinfo prints information about the given font.

-c columns

This option specifies the number of columns used to list font names (see -f and -fp options). The default is 1 column.

-display [host]:[display]

Normally, xinfo gets the host and display number to use from the environment variable ``DISPLAY''. Either or both can be specified with this option. host specifies which machine to create the xinfo window on, and display specifies the display number.

X DEFAULTS

Verbose Print verbose information.  This is the default.

Terse   Print terse information.  The default is verbose.

Columns This specifies the number of columns  used  to  list
        font names (see -f and -fp options).  The default is
        1 column.