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diff --git a/man/xev.man b/man/xev.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d13f022 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/xev.man @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.TH XEV 1 __xorgversion__ +.SH NAME +xev - print contents of X events +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "xev" +[\-display \fIdisplayname\fP] [\-geometry \fIgeom\fP] +[\-bw \fIpixels\fP] [\-bs \fI{NotUseful,WhenMapped,Always}\fP] +[\-id \fIwindowid\fP] [\-root] [\-s] [\-name \fIstring\fP] [\-rv] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fIXev\fP creates a window and then asks the X server to send it +\fIevents\fP whenever anything happens to the window (such as it being +moved, resized, typed in, clicked in, etc.). You can also attach it to an +existing window. It is useful for seeing what causes events to occur and to +display the information that they contain; it is essentially a debugging and +development tool, and should not be needed in normal usage. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP 8 +.B \-display \fIdisplay\fP +This option specifies the X server to contact. +.TP 8 +.B \-geometry \fIgeom\fP +This option specifies the size and/or location of the window, if a window is +to be created. +.TP 8 +.B \-bw \fIpixels\fP +This option specifies the border width for the window. +.TP 8 +.B \-bs \fI{NotUseful,WhenMapped,Always}\fP +This option specifies what kind of backing store to give the window. +The default is NotUseful. Backing store refers to the the pixels saved +off-screen when the X server maintains the contents of a window; NotUseful +means that the xev process will redraw its contents itself, as necessary. +.TP 8 +.B \-id \fIwindowid\fP +This option specifies that the window with the given id should be +monitored, instead of creating a new window. +.TP 8 +.B \-root +This option specifies that the root window should be +monitored, instead of creating a new window. +.TP 8 +.B \-s +This option specifies that save-unders should be enabled on the window. Save +unders are similar to backing store, but they refer rather to the saving of +pixels off-screen when the current window obscures other windows. Save +unders are only advisory, and are normally set for popup dialogs and other +transient windows. +.TP 8 +.B \-name \fIstring\fP +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. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +X(__miscmansuffix__), xwininfo(__appmansuffix__), xdpyinfo(__appmansuffix__), Xlib Programmers Manual, X Protocol +Specification +.br +See \fIX(__miscmansuffix__)\fP for a full statement of rights and permissions. +.SH AUTHOR +Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium |