Running Commands-Only Prism From an Xterm: The -CX Option

Issue the prism command with the -CX option from an Xterm to start up a commands-only Prism that lets you redirect the output of certain commands to X windows. The information presented earlier in this chapter about commands-only Prism also applies to this version, except that this version lets you redirect output using the on window syntax.

You can redirect the following output to X windows:

• Visualizers (including structure visualizers) - print or display command

• Where graph (MP Prism only) - where command

• Psets window (MP Prism only) - show psets command

To redirect the output, issue the appropriate command with the on dedicated or on snapshot syntax, just as you would in graphical Prism. For example, this command displays a visualizer for x in a dedicated window:

(prism) print x on dedicated

In addition, you can display help windows from within windows that you pop up in this way.