1propwatch(1) General Commands Manual propwatch(1)
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6 propwatch - a tool to monitor X11 properties
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9 propwatch [ options ] property-name ...
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12 propwatch is a tool to monitor window properties of root and applica‐
13 tion windows. Nice for debugging property-based IPC of X11 programs.
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16 propwatch uses the Athena Widgets and accepts the usual toolkit options
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21 -watch display
22 Display to monitor the windows on. By default the display spec‐
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30 Log property changes to stdout.
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33 Log keystrokes to stdout.
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44 xprop(1), xhost(1), xauth(1), xwd(1)
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47 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
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50 Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Gerd Knorr
51 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
52 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
53 CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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