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.
-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 dis-
play is currently controlled by the keyboard and mouse and not in the background. This seems to be a limitation of the XTest exten-
sion.
--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
This 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
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
charactes are limited to Multi_key plus two characters. The set of supported characters depends on the current keyboard layout.
October 18, 2003 XTE(1)
