1XPCE-CLIENT(1) General Commands Manual XPCE-CLIENT(1)
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6 xpce-client - Contact an XPCE server socket
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9 xpce-client socket [-b] [-c command]
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12 xpce-client is a small program to contact an xpce(1) server socket and
13 feed the xpce process commands. A generic server that provides the
14 possibility to execute Prolog goals is available in the
15 library(pce_server). This server may be started from xpce using the
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20 after which this server may be contacted using:
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23 (pce) send(new(P, picture), open).
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25 (pce) exit
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29 -b Block until the xpce server closes the connection. Otherwise
30 xpce-client exists as soon as it has send all requests to the
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34 Send command as a command to the server. Without this option,
35 xpce-client will copy standard input to the server socket and
36 copy any output from the socket to standard output.
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42 xpce-client(1) is not copyrighted. You may use, copy and modify its
43 sources and/or binaries as you like.
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46 Jan Wielemaker, SWI, University of Amsterdam
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50 March 7 1995 XPCE-CLIENT(1)