XASTIR(1)

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version 2.2.4 · 3 versions
, in alpine 3.24, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

🛰️ XASTIR — ok bestie, let's talk 💖

so the manual name is literally Xastir — the APRS(tm) Client APPLICATION — and yes it's section 1, we love a user command 🙌

✨ NAME ✨

Xastir — a graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm) internet access to real-time mapping software. no cap, it's giving "radio meets vibes meets maps" 🗺️📻

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so this manual page? It briefly documents the Xastir commands. Brief. Like a text from your bestie who's already in the car. short and sweet, iykyk 💅

💫 SYNOPSIS 💫

xastir [options] Language ...

that's it, that's the whole thing 🎀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with one dash (`-`). A summary of options is included below:

  • -c /path/dir — Specify an optional config directory. Defaults to ~/.xastir (yes, the tilde goes home, as she should 🏠)
  • -f callsign — Track callsign 📻
  • -i — Use a private colormap 🎨
  • -geometry WxH+x+y — Set Window Geometry/Position 📐
  • -l Language — Xastir remembers the language once you set it the first time 🧠✨
  • -m — Deselect Maps 🗺️❌
  • -p — Disable popups 🚫
  • -t — Internal SIGSEGV handler enabled 🛟
  • -v Level — Set the debug level 🔍
  • -? — Show summary of options available. bestie behavior fr fr 🫶

🌈 AVAILABLE LANGUAGES 🌈

Current choices are:

Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.

that's a whole international queen moment 💜

Usage is:

xastir -i -v 2047 -l Dutch &

look at her go 😭🔥

💀 SIGNALS 💀

  • SIGINT, SIQQUIT, SIGTERM — Cause Xastir to exit. she's leaving, periodt ✌️
  • SIGHUP — Causes a restart. rebooting the vibe 🔄
  • SIGUSR1 — Causes a snapshot to occur. 📸 gotcha!

🌐 NETWORK PORTS 🌐

Enable these ports on this menu: "Interface->Enable Server Ports"

  • TCP:2023 — Bidirectional TCP port for clients to connect to. Requires login if client will be transmitting. 🔐
  • UDP:2023 — Unidirectional UDP input port for clients to inject packets. See the documentation for the format. 💌

one-way and two-way, we contain multitudes, ok? 🦋

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

The program is documented fully by help-English.dat, available via the HELP menu option in Xastir, plus the various README and INSTALL text files that come with the program. Also see <http://xastir.org> and the Documentation Wiki there. 📚

Xastir is a program for APRS(tm)... 👀

APRS[tm] is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga, his home page is at "http://www.aprs.org/aprs.html"

🫶 COPYING 🫶

Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
Copyright (C) 2000-2026 The Xastir Group

💖 AUTHOR 💖

This manual page was written by Jose <hi8gn@amsat.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). we love a generous icon 👑

ok so real talk, nothing here is optional reading — every flag, every port, every signal matters. don't skip the boring bits, bestie, that's literally where the lore is 💅

and that's the whole page, mwah! 😘 big shoutout to the legend Jose R. Marte A. aka HI8GN, who wrote this manual page way back on Apr 09 2002, and it's still out here serving version XASTIR(1) energy. iconic, honestly. 🌟

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