AXIS(1)

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💖 AXIS(1) — bestie's guide to the AXIS GUI 💖

okay so first things first, this page lives in the manual called The Enhanced Machine Controller and it's all about axis — one of the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for LinuxCNC. grab a snack, we're doing this 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

axis — the AXIS LinuxCNC Graphical User Interface. yes that's literally its whole name. iconic of it honestly 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

axis -ini INIFILE

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one flag, one file, go off 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so axis is one of the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for LinuxCNC. it gets run by the runscript usually. no cap. the runscript is the one doing the launching, axis is just the main character showing up when called 🦋

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • INIFILE — okay bestie, listen. the INI file is the main piece of a LinuxCNC configuration. but NOT the entire configuration, periodt — there are various other files that go with it (NML files, HAL files, TBL files, VAR files). it is, however, the most important one, because it is the file that holds the configuration together 🫶 it can adjust a lot of parameters itself, but it also tells LinuxCNC which other files to load and use. it's giving project manager energy fr fr 💅

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/. go read, i promise it's worth it 📚✨

✨ BUGS ✨

none known at this time 😌✨ clean sheet, we love to see it.

✨ AUTHOR ✨

this man page written by Alex Joni, as part of the LinuxCNC project. ty for your service 🫡💖

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues — if something's broken, tell them, don't just suffer in silence bestie 😭

Copyright © 2007 Alex Joni.

this is free software; see the source for copying conditions. there is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. like, none. zero. nada. 💀

ok that last one is the serious bit — free software, no warranty, take it or leave it. but it's free, so. slay. 💅

sign-off time 🎀 this lil page came out of the LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2007-04-01, and it's the AXIS(1) page — so like, if you cite it, that's the vibe. mwah, go make cool stuff on your machine, bestie 💜🦋🌸

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