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INPUTPLUG(1)							  INPUTPLUG(1)

NAME
       inputplug - XInput event	monitor

SYNOPSIS
       inputplug [-v] [-n] [-d]	[-0] -c	command-prefix

       inputplug [-h|--help]

DESCRIPTION
       inputplug is a daemon which connects to a running X server and monitors
       its XInput hierarchy change events. Such	events arrive when a device is
       being attached or removed, enabled or disabled etc.

       When a hierarchy	change happens,	inputplug parses the event
       notification structure, and calls the command specified by command-
       prefix. The command receives four arguments:

       command-prefix event-type device-id device-type device-name

       Event type may be one of	the following:

       •   XIMasterAdded

       •   XIMasterRemoved

       •   XISlaveAdded

       •   XISlaveRemoved

       •   XISlaveAttached

       •   XISlaveDetached

       •   XIDeviceEnabled

       •   XIDeviceDisabled

       Device type may be any of those:

       •   XIMasterPointer

       •   XIMasterKeyboard

       •   XISlavePointer

       •   XISlaveKeyboard

       •   XIFloatingSlave

       Device  identifier  is  an  integer.  The device	name may have embedded
       spaces.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included	below.

       -h, --help
	   Show	help (--help shows more	details).

       -v  Be a	bit more verbose.

       -n  Start up, monitor events, but don't actually	 run  anything.	  With
	   verbose more	enabled, would print the actual	command	it'd run. This
	   implies -d.

       -d  Don't daemonise. Run	in the foreground.

       -0  On  start,  trigger	added  and  enabled  events  for  each plugged
	   devices. A master device will trigger the  "added"  event  while  a
	   slave  device  will	trigger	 both  the  "added"  and the "enabled"
	   device.

       -c command-prefix
	   Command prefix to run. Unfortunately, currently this	is  passed  to
	   execvp(3)  directly,	 so  spaces aren't allowed. This is subject to
	   change in future.

       -p pidfile
	   Write the process ID	of the running daemon to the file pidfile

ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY
	   X11 display to connect to.

SEE ALSO
       xinput(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021 Andrej Shadura.

       Copyright (C) 2014, 2020	Vincent	Bernat.

       Licensed	as MIT/X11.

AUTHOR
       Andrej Shadura <andrewsh@debian.org>

				  2020-11-01			  INPUTPLUG(1)

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