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authorAaron Plattner <aplattner@nvidia.com>2012-06-25 15:36:23 -0700
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2012-06-26 09:51:29 +1000
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Add a -event parameter to control the event mask
It's annoying to have to sift through a lot of unrelated events if all you care about is one specific class of events (e.g. RandR events). Add a -event parameter that can be used to tune which events to select. When not specified, all events are selected. Signed-off-by: Aaron Plattner <aplattner@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Ritger <aritger@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ This option specifies the name to assign to the created window.
.TP 8
.B \-rv
This option specifies that the window should be in reverse video.
+.TP 8
+.B \-event \fIevent_mask\fP
+Select which events to display.
+The
+.B \-event
+option can be specified multiple times to select multiple types of events.
+When not specified, all events are selected.
+Available event masks: keyboard mouse expose visibility structure substructure
+focus property colormap owner_grab_button randr
.SH "SEE ALSO"
X(__miscmansuffix__), xwininfo(__appmansuffix__), xdpyinfo(__appmansuffix__), Xlib Programmers Manual, X Protocol
Specification