propwatch(1)propwatch(1)NAMEpropwatch - a tool to monitor X11 properties
SYNOPSISpropwatch [ options ] property-name ...
DESCRIPTIONpropwatch is a tool to monitor window properties of root and applica‐
tion windows. Nice for debugging property-based IPC of X11 programs.
OPTIONSpropwatch 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 spec‐
ified 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 ALSOxprop(1), xhost(1), xauth(1), xwd(1)AUTHOR
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Gerd Knorr
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
(c) 1997-2003 Gerd Knorr propwatch(1)