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xev(1X)


X11R6


NAME

  xev - print contents of X events


SYNOPSIS

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


OPTIONS

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

  -geometry geom
      This option specifies the size and/or location of the window.

  -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.

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

  -s  This option specifies that save-unders should be enabled on the window.

  -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.


DESCRIPTION

  The xev program creates a window and then asks the X server to send it
  events whenever anything happens to the window (such as being moved,
  resized, typed in, clicked in, and so forth.).  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.


SEE ALSO

  X(1X), xwininfo(1X), xdpyinfo(1X), Xlib Programmers Manual, X Protocol
  Specification

  See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.


AUTHOR

  Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium

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