XEV(1)              X Version 11 (Release 5)               XEV(1)


     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]

     DESCRIPTION
          Xev 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, 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.

     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.

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

     COPYRIGHT


          Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
          See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

     AUTHOR
          Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium


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