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Basically all you need to know to log in is where the database resides
and what your username and password are on that database. Given this
information, you simply issue the command:
xlincks database-dir
where you replace ``database-dir'' with the directory path to the
database files. Then type in your username and password at the prompt.
There are also further command-line options. These are:
- -D: Include all possible buttons. This includes some
buttons which are not of general interest but rather are used
for developers' debugging efforts.
- -N: Put no buttons into the windows. Those who are very
familiar with the keystroke commands might wish to do this to
avoid cluttering up their windows.
- -S: Suppress certain kinds of informational messages.
Not advisable until you understand what the messages are and when
they pop up.
- -C: Chain the windows together so you don't have to place
each new window. New windows will (usually) be placed below and
to the right of the window from which they were expanded.
- -c: Use color for parallel editing notifications shading
and for the result of the ``Compare'' of two different versions
of a document.
- -u username -p password: Use provided username and password
to login into a database.
- Some standard X Windows application command line options, which are
passed on to X and dealt with in the appropriate manner. X
options which require a second argument (such as -bw) will
not work, but -rv will.
Finally, if you use only one database on a regular basis, you can set
the environment variable LINCKSDBDIR
where you normally set environment variables (~/.cshrc
) to the
appropriate directory and start xlincks without any arguments at
all.
setenv LINCKSDBDIR /some/path/to/the/db/directory
Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995