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xev(1X)								       xev(1X)

NAME
       xev - print contents of X events

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

OPTIONS
       This option specifies the X server to contact.  This  option  specifies
       the size and/or location of the window.	This option specifies the bor‐
       der width for the window.  This option specifies what kind  of  backing
       store to give the window. The default is NotUseful.  This option speci‐
       fies that the window with the given id should be monitored, instead  of
       creating	 a  new window.	 This option specifies that save-unders should
       be enabled on the window.  This option specifies the name to assign  to
       the created window.  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

								       xev(1X)

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