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xev(1)

NAME

   xev - print contents of X events

SYNOPSIS

   xev   [-display   displayname]   [-geometry  geom]  [-bw  pixels]  [-bs
   {NotUseful,WhenMapped,Always}]  [-id  windowid]  [-root]  [-s]   [-name
   string] [-rv] [-version] [-event event_mask [-event event_mask ...]]

DESCRIPTION

   Xev  creates  a  window  and  then  asks the X server to send it events
   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.

OPTIONS

   -display display
           This option specifies the X server to contact.

   -geometry geom
           This  option  specifies the size and/or location of the window,
           if a window is to be created.

   -bw pixels
           This option specifies the border width for the window.

   -bs {NotUseful,WhenMapped,Always}
           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.

   -id windowid
           This option specifies that the window with the given id  should
           be monitored, instead of creating a new window.

   -root   This option specifies that the root window should be monitored,
           instead of creating a new window.

   -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.

   -name string
           This option specifies the name to assign to the created window.

   -rv     This  option  specifies  that  the  window should be in reverse
           video.

   -event event_mask
           Select which events to  display.   The  -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 button

   -version
           This option prints the program version and exits.

SEE ALSO

   X(7), xwininfo(1), xdpyinfo(1), Xlib  Programmers  Manual,  X  Protocol
   Specification
   See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR

   Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium



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