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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" $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 $ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xev/xev.man,v 1.4 2003/05/24 15:49:02 herrb Exp $ .\" .TH XEV 1 __xorgversion__ .SH NAME @@ -13,31 +13,39 @@ xev - print contents of X events .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. +\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. +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. +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 \-s -This option specifies that save-unders should be enabled on the window. +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. |