propwatch (1)
NAME
propwatch - a tool to monitor X11 propertiesSYNOPSIS
propwatch [ options ] property-name ...DESCRIPTION
propwatch is a tool to monitor window properties of root and application windows. Nice for debugging property-based IPC of X11 programs.OPTIONS
propwatch uses the Athena Widgets and accepts the usual toolkit options like -display and -geometry. Additional options are:- -watch display
- Display to monitor the windows on. By default the display specified in the DISPLAY environment variable or via -display is used, but it is possible to watch another display instead.
- -verbose
- be verbose.
- -proplog
- Log property changes to stdout.
- -kbdlog
- Log keystrokes to stdout. All remaining command line arguments are assumed to be property names which should be monitored. If no property names are specified, a build in default (WM_COMMAND) will be used.
ENVIRONMENT
- DISPLAY
- specifies the display to use for the propwatch window.
SEE ALSO
xprop(1), xhost(1), xauth(1), xwd(1)AUTHOR
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Gerd KnorrThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.