xalf(1)

xalf1

X application launch feedback

Usage

xalf [options] program ...

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the xalf command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNOME help system.

xalf provides feed back while loading X applications.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

Usage: xalf [options] command options:
-h, --help display this help and exit
-v, --version output version information and exit
-t, --timeout n use a time-out period of n seconds
(default is 20)
-n, --noxalf do nothing, besides launch application
-m, --mappingmode compatibility mode: Do not distinguish between
windows. All new mapped windows turns off indicator
-i, --invisiblewindow use an invisible window as indicator (default)
(for use with Gnome panel, KDE taskbar etc)
-s, --splash use splashscreen as indicator
-c, --cursor add hourglass to mouse cursor
-a, --anim use animated star as indicator
-l, --title titlestring Title to show in the tasklist

Author

This manual page was written by Eric Gillespie, Jr. <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From xalf 0.11-1.1 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.