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["Ian Scott" <mriscott AT yahoo.co.uk>]

> >> What does xkill do?
> >
> > Not much. By default, it initially changes the mouse cursor. If you
> > click on a window, the application which controls it is killed. The
> > original mouse cursor is restored after you kill one 
> program, and xkill
> > shuts itself down.
> 
> I tend to exit X programs with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.  Simpler 
> to remember.

That shuts down everything running in X.  xkill just kills the program you
tell it to.