xkill
xkill is for X Window System belonging utility that the X server instructs the connection to an X client to separate hard, and thus the client (in most cases) to "kill" (English to kill ).
Under a graphical interface, i. H. In the X Window System, programs are usually closed by clicking the Close button in the title bar of the window that belongs to the program.
This button from the program xkill
, the "graphic" kill, has grown historically . With the help of this obligatory utility program you could end an X client by clicking on the X window belonging to it . This functionality can still be found in some window managers, e.g. B. via the key combination Strg+ Alt+ Esc, with which you can end the responsible X-Client by clicking on its window if the graphical user interface is no longer responsive.
Other user interfaces
xkill is limited to the X Window System. But other user interfaces also offer the option of terminating a program hard. Microsoft Windows operating systems offer the task manager . Apple Mac OS X offers the force quit mechanism.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jim Fulton, Dana Chee: XKILL (1) manual page. In: Documentation for the X Window System Version 11 Release 6.9 and 7.0 (X11R6.9 / X11R7.0). The X.Org Foundation, December 21, 2005, accessed August 13, 2008 .