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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.\" $XConsortium: xev.man,v 1.10 94/04/17 20:45:20 gildea Exp $ +.\" +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xev/xev.man,v 1.3 2001/01/27 18:21:11 dawes Exp $ +.\" +.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] [\-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 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. +.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. +.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. +.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 \-s +This option specifies that save-unders should be enabled on the window. +.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(1), xdpyinfo(1), 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 |