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NAME

6       kuesvr - the CERN KUIP edit server
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SYNOPSIS

9       kuesvr -p pid -c cmd -t tmpfile [ -e editor ] file
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DESCRIPTION

12       kuesvr is a small program called from KUIP.  (KUIP stands for Kit for a
13       User Interface Package; it is part of the Packlib library  from  CERN.)
14       kuesvr  allows the user to call up an editor from within a KUIP program
15       (PAW, for instance) on the file given by file, and continue to use  the
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18       In  general  kuesvr  is  not  called directly from the command line (in
19       Debian it is not even located in the $PATH); instead  it  will  be  run
20       automatically  from a KUIP program when an editor is needed, as long as
21       the command line set with  KUIP's  HOST_EDITOR  command  ends  with  an
22       ampersand  ('&'),  and  $DISPLAY  is set.  If $DISPLAY is unset (or, on
23       non-Debian systems, if kuesvr cannot be found in $PATH), the  ampersand
24       will be ignored.  For instance,
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28       The  editor  is  expected to create its own graphical window.  However,
29       since 'vi' is a frequent choice, setting HOST_EDITOR  to  'vi  &'  will
30       automatically be interpreted as 'x-terminal-emulator -e vi &' instead.
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OPTIONS

33       -c cmd Specifies the KUIP command invoking the edit server.
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36              Specifies  the  editor  to  be used.  By default it is vi.  Even
37              though this flag is optional, it will be set anyway when  kuesvr
38              is called from the KUIP library.
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40       -p pid Specifies the process ID of the calling program.
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43              Specifies  the name of the temporary file used for communication
44              between the calling program and the  edit  server.   This  is  a
45              Debian  extension  added for security reasons.  It is a required
46              argument, so this version of kuesvr will not work  with  a  KUIP
47              application  using  CERN's  unmodified  Packlib; nor will CERN's
48              unmodified kuesvr work with the Debian version of Packlib.
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SEE ALSO

51       · paw(1) - a program that can use the edit server
52       · the KUIP online help available with command "help host_editor"
53       · the KUIP manual, available at
54         http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/kuip.ps.gz
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AUTHOR

57       This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for
58       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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62                                 March 4, 2005                       KUESVR(1)
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