xkill
kill a client by its X resource
see also :
X - xwininfo
Synopsis
xkill
[-display displayname] [-id
resource] [-button number] [-frame]
[-all]
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examples
source
dillo "dillo" opera "opera" netscape "/usr/local/netscape/netscape"\
xkill "xkill" xpdf
"xpdf"
description
Xkill is
a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for
aborting programs that have displayed undesired windows on a
user’s screen. If no resource identifier is given with
-id, xkill will display a special cursor as a
prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server
will close its connection to the client that created the
window.
options
-display
displayname
This option specifies the name
of the X server to contact.
-id
resource
This option specifies the X
identifier for the resource whose creator is to be aborted.
If no resource is specified, xkill will display a
special cursor with which you should select a window to be
kill.
-button
number
This option specifies the
number of pointer button that should be used in selecting a
window to kill. If the word "any" is specified,
any button on the pointer may be used. By default, the first
button in the pointer map (which is usually the leftmost
button) is used.
-all
This option indicates that all clients with top-level
windows on the screen should be killed. Xkill will
ask you to select the root window with each of the currently
defined buttons to give you several chances to abort. Use of
this option is highly discouraged.
-frame
This option indicates that xkill should ignore the
standard conventions for finding top-level client windows
(which are typically nested inside a window manager window),
and simply believe that you want to kill direct children of
the root.
caveats
This command does not provide any warranty that the application
whose connection to the X server is closed will abort nicely, or
even abort at all. All this command does is to close the
connection to the X server. Many existing applications do indeed
abort when their connection to the X server is closed, but some
can choose to continue.
xdefaults
Button
Specifies a specific pointer button number or the word "any" to
use when selecting windows.
see also
X ,
xwininfo , XKillClient and XGetPointerMapping in the Xlib
Programmers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol
Specification
author
Jim Fulton, MIT
X Consortium
Dana Chee, Bellcore