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XTE(1)			    General Commands Manual			XTE(1)

NAME
       xte - Generates fake input using	the XTest extension

SYNOPSIS
       xte [options] commands...

DESCRIPTION
       xte  is	a program that generates fake input using the XTest extension,
       more reliable than xse.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included	below.

       -i id  XInput 2.x device	to use.	List devices with 'xinput list'.

       -x display
	      Send commands to remote X	server.	Note that  some	 commands  may
	      not  work	 correctly  unless the display is on the console, e.g.
	      the display is currently controlled by the  keyboard  and	 mouse
	      and  not in the background. This seems to	be a limitation	of the
	      XTest extension.

       --help, -h
	      Show summary of options.

COMMANDS
       key k  Press and	release	key k

       keydown	k
	      Press key	k down

       keyup k
	      Release key k

       str string
	      Do a bunch of key	X events for each char in string

       mouseclick i
	      Click mouse button i

       mousemove x y
	      Move mouse to screen position x, y

       mousermove x y
	      Move mouse relative from current location	by x, y

       mousedown i
	      Press mouse button i down

       mouseup i
	      Release mouse button i

       sleep x
	      Sleep x seconds

       usleep x
	      Usleep x microseconds

SOME USEFUL KEYS
       These keys are case sensitive.

       Home
       Left
       Up
       Right
       Down
       Page_Up
       Page_Down
       End
       Return
       BackSpace
       Tab
       Escape
       Delete
       Shift_L
       Shift_R
       Control_L
       Control_R
       Meta_L
       Meta_R
       Alt_L
       Alt_R
       Multi_key
       Super_L
       Super_R

       Depending on your keyboard layout, the "Windows"	key may	be one of  the
       Super_ keys or the Meta_	keys.

SEE ALSO
       pat2ppm(1), patextract(1), png2pat(1), rgb2pat(1), visgrep(1).

AUTHOR
       xte was written by Steve	Slaven <bpk@hoopajoo.net>.

LIMITATIONS
       The  str	 command doesn't support Unicode characters with more than two
       bytes. Further, character composing sequences to	generate special char-
       actes are limited to Multi_key plus two characters.  The	 set  of  sup-
       ported characters depends on the	current	keyboard layout.

				October	3, 2012				XTE(1)

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