---
name: "xidle"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xproc"
version: "1.12.2"
release: "Debian 1.3 (Bo)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xidle/1x"
---

# xidle(1x)

CPU idle time display for X

## NAME

xidle - CPU idle time display for X

## SYNOPSIS

**xidle**	\[-*toolkitoption* ...\] \[-update *seconds*\] \[-hl *color*\] \[-highlight *color*\] \[-jumpscroll *pixels*\] \[-label *string*\] \[-nolabel\]

## DESCRIPTION

The  *xidle* program displays a periodically updating histogram of the cpu idle time.

## OPTIONS

*Xidle* accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see *X(1)*). The order of the options in unimportant.  *xidle also accepts the* *following additional options:*

- **-hl *color* or -highlight *color***

  *This option specifies the color of the scale lines.*

- **-jumpscroll number of pixels**

  *The number of pixels to shift the graph to the left when the graph* *reaches the right edge of the window.  The default value is 1/2 the width* *of the current window.  Smooth scrolling can be achieved by setting it to 1.*

- **-label *string***

  *The string to put into the label above the idle display.*

- **-nolabel**

  *If this command line option is specified then no label will be* *displayed above the idle graph.*

- **-update *seconds***

  *This option specifies the interval in seconds at which xidle* *updates its display.  The minimum amount of time allowed between updates* *is 1 second.  The default is 10.*

## RESOURCES

*In addition to the resources available to each of the widgets used by*  *xidle there is one resource defined by the application itself.*

- **showLabel (class Boolean)**

  *If False then no label will be displayed.*

## WIDGETS

*In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of* *the widgets which compose xidle*.  In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name.

```
Xidle  xidle
	Paned  paned
		Label  label
		StripChart  idle
```

## ENVIRONMENT

- **DISPLAY**

  to get the default host and display number.

- **XENVIRONMENT**

  to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE\_MANAGER property.

## FILES

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xidle - specifies required resources

## SEE ALSO

X(1), [xrdb(1)](/xrdb/1.md), [mem(4)](/mem/4.md), Athena StripChart Widget.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\
 See *X(1)* for a full statement of rights and permissions.

## AUTHORS

xidle is a derivate of xload which was written by K. Shane Hartman (MIT-LCS) and Stuart A. Malone (MIT-LCS);\
 with features added by Jim Gettys (MIT-Athena), Bob Scheifler (MIT-LCS), Tony Della Fera (MIT-Athena), and Chris Peterson (MIT-LCS). The xidle enhancements wer done by Hans-Helmut Buehmann.