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1.TH XCLUSTER 1 "July 3, 1995"
2.UC 4
3.SH NAME
4xcluster \- display MIT map, give info about Athena clusters
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6xcluster [-help] [-rv] [-inactive timeout] [-auto time]
7         [-geometry {+/-}x{+/-}y]
8.PP
9.SH DESCRIPTION
10.I Xcluster
11displays a map of the MIT campus and marks the location of Project
12Athena public clusters with an "X".  The user can click
13on the map, and information about the cluster nearest the mouse-click
14is displayed.  The clusters are also listed in a row of buttons below
15the map, and the user may click one of those buttons instead.
16.PP
17Once a cluster has been selected, a circle is drawn around it so that it
18is more easily spotted.
19.I Xcluster
20then contacts a server that tracks the number of workstations
21free and in-use for each cluster, and displays that information for the
22cluster chosen.  Printer status for that cluster is also displayed, as
23well as phone number(s), where available.
24.PP
25.SH OPTIONS
26.PD 0
27.TP 21
28.B \-rv
29display map and window in reverse-video
30.TP 21
31.B \-inactive timeout
32exit after
33.I timeout
34seconds of inactivity.
35.TP 21
36.B \-auto time
37cycle through the clusters, selecting each for
38.I time
39seconds.
40.TP 21
41.B \-geometry
42specify an x,y location for placement of window
43.PD 1
44.PP
45.SH X RESOURCES
46.I Xcluster's
47class is Xcluster, and its instance is xcluster.  It accepts the
48following resources:
49
50.PD 0
51.TP 15
52reverseVideo
53true: use white-on-black instead of black-on-white.
54default is off.
55.TP 15
56inactive
57number of seconds of inactivity after which it dies.
58.TP 15
59auto
60number of seconds to keep each cluster selected while automatically cycling through them.
61.TP 15
62geometry
63an x, y location.
64.PD 1
65.PP
66.SH "SEE ALSO"
67cview(1)
68.br
69X(1)    for discussion of X geometry and resources
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