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NAME
xlax - X window system program to send keyboard input to multiple windows
SYNOPSIS
xlax [-find] [-prefix string] [-toolkit options]
DESCRIPTION
Xlax is an X Window System program that will send keyboard input it receives to multiple selected
windows. When run, Xlax will bring up its main window. There will be six buttons on it, "Quit", "Add
Windows", "Find xlax:", "Send String", "Paste", and "Kill Window."
"Quit" will terminate xlax and "Add windows" will change the cursor to a cross-hair and allow the user to
select any window on the screen by pressing a mouse button. The user will be able to continue selecting
windows until either the xlax window or a window that has already been selected, is selected.
When a window is selected, its name will appear in the xlax window. Clicking the mouse on the window
name will toggle whether that window should receive input. When the user types anywhere in the xlax
window, those keystrokes will be sent to all selected windows.
"Kill Window" will allow the user to select a window and remove it from xlax's list (note: the user must
click on the actual window, not the name that appears in xlax).
There is a window to the right of each name, which may display text assigned to this window name. When
"Send String" is selected, the specific string associated with each window will be sent to those windows.
Clicking the first mouse button in this area will bring up a popup window that allows you to change the
assigned text. Up to 150 characters are allowed. The software records all characters including
backspace and carriage return, so there is no editing this field -- if you make a mistake, click on
"Clear" to start over.
The "Paste" button sends the currently (or most recently) selected text to all active windows.
The "Find xlax:" button searches all X11 windows for those with a class hint that begins with "xlax:" (or
alternately, a string specified by the user with the -prefix option). These windows are added
automatically, and their sendstring is automatically set to whatever follows "xlax:" (or the alternate
prefix value).
This tool tends to be useful for system administration tasks that require almost the same thing to be
done in several different windows, but require some human intervention (e.g. some tape backups or
building multiple servers). The string area is useful for machine or platform specific strings (such as
machine names or machine type).
EXAMPLES
This starts up three xterms, and then xlax automatically finds them.
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string1 &
[1] 555
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string2 &
[2] 556
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string3 &
[3] 557
example% xlax -find
If you want more than one xlax, to automatically find different windows, specify a different prefix:
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name foo:string1 &
[1] 555
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name foo:string2 &
[2] 556
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name bar:string3 &
[3] 557
example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name bar:string3 &
[4] 558
example% xlax -prefix foo: -find &
[5] 559
example% xlax -prefix bar: -find &
[6] 560
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY To get default host and display number.
CAVEATS
For xlax to work on an xterm, "allowSendEvents" must be enabled on the xterm. Note that this means that
anyone can send keystrokes to that xterm, so this should not be run in an insecure or unmonitored
environment.
BUGS
Probably something, but nothing that comes to mind.
SEE ALSO
xterm(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1992, Frank Adelstein.
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