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protocoll.
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It is maintained by the [X.Org Foundation](https://x.org/wiki/).
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## Peripheral Devices
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## Usage
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This section addresses various usages of the X Window System.
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### Kill Windows
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Windows can be killed with the utility `xkill`.
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Depending on the [distribution](/wiki/linux.md#distributions) used it maybe has to be installed.
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It often is bundled in a package named `xorg-xkill`.
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By running `xkill` the mouse cursor will turn into an x.
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With the mouse the window to close can then be selected.
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### Peripheral Devices
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X also handles various options of peripheral devices.
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In the files of the directory `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d` and the file
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`xinput list-props <id>` where `<id>` is the identifier of the
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device.
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### Keyboard
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#### Keyboard
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This section describes the handling of keyboards by X.
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#### Change Keyboardlayout
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##### Change Keyboardlayout
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To temporarily change the layout of the keyboard just run
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`setxkbmap <your preferred layout>`.
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Using [SXHKD](/wiki/linux/sxhkd.md) a hotkey can be setup to seamlessly transition between the two
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layouts.
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### Display
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#### Display
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This section describes the handling of displays by X.
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Additionally to the guides in this section that are independent of the used
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graphics unit special configuration for [Nvidia](/wiki/linux/nvidia.md)
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and [Intel](./intel.md) can be found in their respective entries in this wiki.
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#### Screen Blanking
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##### Screen Blanking
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To save power the screen is set to turn black after a given amount of time.
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This can be disabled temporarily by running `xset s off` or permanently by
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EndSection
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```
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#### Adjust DPI and UI Scale
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##### Adjust DPI and UI Scale
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The dots per inch (DPI) is a measurement of spatial video dot density.
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It has effect on the size of UI elements.
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[ -f "$HOME/.config/xorg/xpcspec" ] && xrdb -merge "$HOME/.config/xorg/xpcspec"
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```
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### Mouse
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#### Mouse
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This section describes the handling of mouse by X.
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#### Emulation of the Middle Mouse Button
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##### Emulation of the Middle Mouse Button
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If middle mouse button emulation is enabled the system will emulate a middle
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mouse button click when clicking both left and right mouse button
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