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Re: Record and Playback in X

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From: Rusti Baker
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 21:39
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In article <143455.12711@timbuk.cray.com> nrd@cray.com writes:
>
>In article <1991Jun18.181058.17175@software.org>, antonson@software.org (Todd S. Antonson) writes:
>> I was wondering if there is a utility available that would
>> record and playback all events from a X session.
>> 
>> We would like to be able to record events and sotre them and
>> at a later time, rerun the session automatically.
>> 
>> Has anybody written anything like this?
>
>There are some mods to the Xserver and a couple of programs that allow
>you to do this.  It is called Xtrap.  I would jump on archie and find
>its ftp sites.

Also look at the X test extension. It allows the client to control
handling of input events, and also allows the client to generate user
input events later for a playback.

It is in the R4 distribution.

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Rusti Baker                          <rusti@erg.sri.com>
SRI Engineering Research Group       (415) 859-2318     
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Subject: Re: Record and Playback in X
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