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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Compare 2 strings Post 303032790 by drew77 on Sunday 24th of March 2019 08:27:54 AM

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03-24-2019

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I think this is working.

Code:

mouse1=$( xinput query-state 9 )
# Give a short delay.
sleep 2
mouse2=$( xinput query-state 9 )

if [ "$mouse1" != "$mouse2" ]
then
echo "Mouse moved."

fi

Now I need to learn how to poll (Hope its the right word) say every 30 seconds.

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xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t

xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t(3)				    XCB Events					xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t(3)

NAME

       xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t -

SYNOPSIS

       #include <xcb/xinput.h>

   Event datastructure
       typedef struct xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t {
	   uint8_t	   response_type;
	   uint8_t	   detail;
	   uint16_t	   sequence;
	   xcb_timestamp_t time;
	   xcb_window_t    root;
	   xcb_window_t    event;
	   xcb_window_t    child;
	   int16_t	   root_x;
	   int16_t	   root_y;
	   int16_t	   event_x;
	   int16_t	   event_y;
	   uint16_t	   state;
	   uint8_t	   same_screen;
	   uint8_t	   device_id;
       } xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t;

EVENT FIELDS

       response_type
		 The type of this event, in this case XCB_INPUT_PROXIMITY_OUT. This field is also present in the xcb_generic_event_t and can be
		 used to tell events apart from each other.

       sequence  The sequence number of the last request processed by the X11 server.

       detail	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       time	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       root	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       event	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       child	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       root_x	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       root_y	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       event_x	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       event_y	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       state	 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       same_screen
		 NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

       device_id NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

DESCRIPTION

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

       Generated from xinput.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for corrections and improvements.

XCB
								    2014-06-10					xcb_input_proximity_out_event_t(3)