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NAME
       kuesvr - the CERN KUIP edit server


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


DESCRIPTION
       kuesvr  is  a  small  program called from KUIP.  (KUIP stands for Kit for a User Interface Package; it is
       part of the Packlib library from CERN.)  kuesvr allows the user to call up an editor from within  a  KUIP
       program (PAW, for instance) on the file given by file, and continue to use the program asynchronously.

       In  general  kuesvr is not called directly from the command line (in Debian it is not even located in the
       $PATH); instead it will be run automatically from a KUIP program when an editor is needed, as long as the
       command  line  set with KUIP's HOST_EDITOR command ends with an ampersand ('&'), and $DISPLAY is set.  If
       $DISPLAY is unset (or, on non-Debian systems, if kuesvr cannot be found in $PATH), the ampersand will  be
       ignored.  For instance,

       PAW > HOST_EDITOR 'emacs -geometry 80x48 &'

       The  editor  is  expected  to create its own graphical window.  However, since 'vi' is a frequent choice,
       setting HOST_EDITOR to 'vi &' will automatically be interpreted as 'x-terminal-emulator -e vi &' instead.


OPTIONS
       -c cmd Specifies the KUIP command invoking the edit server.

       -e editor
              Specifies the editor to be used.  By default it is vi.  Even though this flag is optional, it will
              be set anyway when kuesvr is called from the KUIP library.

       -p pid Specifies the process ID of the calling program.

       -t tmpfile
              Specifies  the  name  of the temporary file used for communication between the calling program and
              the edit server.  This is a Debian extension  added  for  security  reasons.   It  is  a  required
              argument,  so this version of kuesvr will not work with a KUIP application using CERN's unmodified
              Packlib; nor will CERN's unmodified kuesvr work with the Debian version of Packlib.


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


AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system  (but
       may be used by others).

                                                  March 4, 2005                                        KUESVR(7)