Getting Started with SAS in UNIX Environments

X Command Line Options

When you invoke some X clients, such as SAS, you can use command line options that are passed to the X Window System. In general, you should specify X Window System options after SAS options on the command line.

Supported X Command Line Options

The following list describes the X command line options that are available when you invoke a SAS session from the command prompt.

-display host:server.screen

specifies the name or IP address of the terminal on which you want to display the SAS session. For example, if your display node is wizard whose IP address is 10.22.1.1:0.0, you might enter

-display wizard:0.0

-display 10.22.1.1:0.0

-name instance-name

reads the resources in your SAS resource file that begin with instance-name. For example, -name MYSAS reads the resources that begin with MYSAS , such as

MYSAS.dmsfont: Cour14
MYSAS.defaultToolbox: True

-title string

specifies a title for your SAS session window. Titles can contain up to 64 characters. Window titles are displayed in the case in which they are entered, which can be lower case, mixed case, or upper case. To use multiple words in the title, enclose the words in single or double quotation marks. For example, -title MYSAS produces MYSAS:Explorer in the title bar of the Explorer window.

-xrm string

specifies a resource to override any defaults. For example, the following resource turns off the Confirm dialog box when you exit SAS:

-xrm 'SAS.confirmSASExit: False'

Unsupported X Command Line Options

SAS does not support the following X command line options because their functionality is not applicable to SAS or is provided by SAS resources. Refer to Overview of X Resources for more information on SAS resources.

-geometry: Window geometry is specified by the SAS.windowHeight , SAS.windowWidth , SAS.maxWindowHeight , and SAS.maxWindowWidth resources.
-background, -bg: These options are ignored.
-bordercolor, -bd: These options are ignored. Refer to Defining Colors and Attributes for Window Elements (CPARMS) for a description of specifying the color of window borders.
-borderwidth, -bw: These options are ignored. The width of window borders is set by SAS.
-foreground, -fg: These options are ignored.
-font, -fn: SAS fonts are specified by the SAS.DMSFont , SAS.DMSboldFont , and SAS.DMSfontPattern resources.
-iconic: This option is ignored.
-reverse, -rv, +rv: These options are ignored. Refer to Defining Colors and Attributes for Window Elements (CPARMS) for a description of specifying reverse video.
-selectionTimeout: Timeout length is specified by the SAS.selectTimeout resource.
-synchronous, +synchronous: The XSYNC command controls the X synchronization.
-xn1language: This option is ignored.

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