Reference

wbd(1)

multicast whiteboard

NAME

wbd – multicast whiteboard

SYNOPSIS

wbd [-N username] [-C confname] [-maxhops n] [-p | -l | +l] [-r | +r] [-geometry wxh+x+y] [-P filesize] [-R bandwidth] [-help] address/port

DESCRIPTION

wbd is a shared whiteboard compatible with the LBL whiteboard, wb. When started wbd will join a previously existing multicast session or start a new one at the given address and port. You are presented with a page where you can see the drawings of others, and you can add your own drawing if the page has been made writable. The toolbar allows you to draw lines, boxes, circles, freehand, add text and include text and PostScript files.

OPTIONS

-N username

Set the announced username.

-C confname

Set the conference window name.

-maxhops n

Set the TTL of the multicast packets to n.

-p | -l | +l

Portrait/landscape mode.

-r | +r

Disable/enable writing to the whiteboard.

-geometry wxh+x+y

Set the window's geometry to wxh+x+y.

-P filesize

Set the PostScript filesize limit to filesize.

-R bandwidth

Set the bandwidth limit to bandwidth bits per second.

-help

Display a help message.

AUTHOR

wbd has been written by Julian Highfield and Kristian Hasler.

This manual page was written by Guus Sliepen ⟨[email protected]⟩ for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

History

-C since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -N since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -P since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -R since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -geometry since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -help since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -maxhops since Debian 3.0 (Woody).