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diff --git a/x11/xwatchwin/DESCR b/x11/xwatchwin/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0e465ad587d --- /dev/null +++ b/x11/xwatchwin/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +xwatchwin allows you to peek at a window on another X server. +To use it, you must specify the display name of the machine you want +to watch, then the name of the window on that machine. +Xwatchwin will attempt to connect with the X server +hostname:0.0, and if successful, will try to retrieve a copy of +the window in which you specified interest. + +You may specify the window you want to watch either by name or by its +window id, usually a hexidecimal number. Usually specifying the +window by name is simpler, although not all windows have names +associated with them; in that case you must use the window id option. + +If the window you want to watch is not in a viewable state, +xwatchwin will tell you so and exit. If while you are watching +a window it becomes 'unviewable', xwatchwin will wait until the +window becomes 'viewable' again. + +xwatchwin was written as an aid to a class for people learning +to use X. The idea is that the instructor would type into an xterm +window on his/her display and the students would use xwatchwin +to see what the instructor typed. The students could then type the +same thing in their own terminal windows. Hopefully others will find +equally (if not more) constructive uses. |