title: Xbase-clients
text: # Xbase-clients
  
  Xbase-Clients is a suite of tools and utilities for the X Window System.
  
  ## Included tools
  
  * editres, which queries and updates the X resource database
  * startx and xinit, which initialize X sessions from the command line
  * xauth, a tool for controlling access to the X session
  * xbiff, a tool which tells you when you have new email
  * xcalc, a scientific calculator desktop accessory
  * xclipboard, a tool to manage cut-and-pasted text selections
  * xcutsel, which exchanges selection and cut buffer contents
  * xedit, a text editor
  * xev, an X event displayer
  * xhost, a tool to add or remove access to the X server for specified hosts
  * xman, a manual page browser
  * Xmark, tool for benchmarking graphical operations
  * xrandr, a command-line interface to the RandR extension
  * xsm, a session manager for X sessions
  * xwd and xwud, utilities for taking and viewing window dumps ("screenshots") of the X session
  
  ## Demos
  
  * xeyes, in which a pair of eyes track the pointer
  