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+ xscript is a program which sits between an X client and an
+X server, monitors the events flowing from the server to
+the client, and records events in a script file. Xscript can
+also play back events from a script file to a client.
+
+ xscript is useful as part of a regression test system, as it
+can automate the playing of fixed sequences of operations into
+an application program based on X. xscript can detect
+application-program failures during playback. To do so, it
+detects the failure of windows to appear as necessary for
+playback, and reports errors when windows do not appear within
+one second of when they are expected. A failure of a window to
+appear is symptomatic of several classes of application failures,
+including failure of a popup to appear and an application crash.
+
+ Please note that xscript was written for X11R5 and therefore
+has problems with some X11R6 programs!
+
+ xscript is based on James L. Peterson's xscope program.