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15 <pubdate>$LastChangedDate$</pubdate>
18 <refname>xinit</refname>
19 <refpurpose> initialisation of a graphics driver</refpurpose>
22 <title>Calling Sequence</title>
23 <synopsis>xinit([driver-name])</synopsis>
26 <title>Parameters</title>
29 <term>driver-name</term>
37 <title>Description</title>
39 Initialisation of the given driver.</para>
42 <literal>driver-name</literal> can be a string which gives the name of a display
43 and a new graphics window is created. If the argument is omitted
44 the value of the environment variable DISPLAY is used if it exists or
45 the value "unix:0.0" is used.</para>
47 For the Postscript, Xfig or Gif driver, <literal>driver-name</literal> is a name of
48 the file where all the graphics operations are recorded.</para>
49 <para>Note that in Postscript case the generated file is not a complete
50 postscript file. It should be converted using the BEpsf or Blatexpr shell
51 programs (see printing)</para>
54 <title>Examples</title>
55 <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
66 <title>See Also</title>
67 <simplelist type="inline">
69 <link linkend="xbasimp">xbasimp</link>
72 <link linkend="xend">xend</link>
77 <title>Authors</title>