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XASTIR(1)             Xastir APRS(tm) Client APPLICATION             XASTIR(1)


NAME

       Xastir - graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm)
       internet access to real-time mapping software.


DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly documents the Xastir commands.


SYNOPSIS

       xastir [options] Language ...


OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with one dash (`-').  A summary of options is included
       below.
       -c /path/dir Specify an optional config directory. Defaults to
       ~/.xastir
       -f callsign Track callsign
       -i Use a private colormap
       -geometry WxH+x+y Set Window Geometry/Position
       -l Language Xastir remembers the language once you set it the first
       time.
       -m Deselect Maps
       -p Disable popups
       -t Internal SIGSEGV handler enabled
       -v Level Set the debug level
       -?  Show summary of options available.


AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

       Current choices are:
       Dutch English French German Italian Portuguese Spanish.

Usage is:
       xastir -i -v 2047 -l Dutch &


SIGNALS

       SIGINT, SIQQUIT, SIGTERM Cause Xastir to exit.
       SIGHUP Causes a restart.
       SIGUSR1 Causes a snapshot to occur.


NETWORK PORTS

       Enable these ports on this menu:  "Interface->Enable Server Ports"

       TCP:2023 Bidirectional TCP port for clients to connect to.  Requires
       login if client will be transmitting.
       UDP:2023 Unidirectional UDP input port for clients to inject packets.
       See the documentation for the format.


SEE ALSO

       The program is documented fully by help-English.dat, available via the
       HELP menu option in Xastir, plus the various README and INSTALL text
       files that come with the program.  Also see <http://www.xastir.org> and
       the Documentation Wiki there.

       Xastir is a program for APRS(tm)...

       APRS[tm] is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga, his home page is at
       "http://www.aprs.org/aprs.html"


COPYING

       Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
       Copyright (C) 2000-2012 The Xastir Group


AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jose <hi8gn@amsat.org>, for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

By Jose R. Marte A.          HI8GN on Apr 09 2002                    XASTIR(1)

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