xipmsg(1x)

xipmsg1x

Xip messenger

Usage

xipmsg [-broadcast broadcast-address [,broadcast-address, ...]] [-bogus_fix] [-debug n] [-disable] [-name entity-name] [-port portnumber] [-toolkitoption ...]

Overview

Xipmsg is an UDP based simple communication tool for X11. It can communicate with IP Messenger for Windows/Macintosh. See README file for more information.

Options

Xipmsg accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options, as well as the followings:

-broadcast broadcast-address[,broadcast-address,...]]

specifies boradcast addresses separated by a comma. It defaults to 255.255.255.255. Xipmsg send broadcast packets at the start and the end.

-bogus_fix

Specify if xipmsg freezes when send a message.

-debug n

specifies debug level.

-disable

makes your name invisible.

-name entity-name

specifies your name. It defaults to $USER.

-port Iportnumber

specifies the UDP port number. It defaults to 2425.

Files

xbro*.xbm - icon bitmap files.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0–8

-bogus_fix since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -broadcast since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -debug since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -disable since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -name since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -port since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Bugs

Authors

Original IP Messenger for Windows:

Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 by H.Shirouzu

X version:

Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 by Toshihiro Kanda

From xipmsg 0.8088-2.1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.