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From: dnoble@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (David Noble)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: recording keyboard and mouse actions
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Date: 10 Oct 90 03:50:28 GMT
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        Are there any programs that record keystrokes and mouse actions
      for later playback, available for a workstation running SunOS 4.1 ? 

I'm looking for a way to recreate identical runs of a program. This is so
software testing can be automatically reproduced in cases where a program
can't be driven by script file. 

There are PD 'keyboard+mouse' macro packages like this for home computers, 
so hopefully there's already something like this for a Sun. In case I have to
write it myself, does anyone have suggestions on where to look for good 
Sun I/O info ?

You probably noticed I never mention a specific workstation model, because
A) I hope to find something reasonably portable (so call me an optimist) and
B) I'm not really sure what machine will end up running it (the real reason)

Any help/tips/suggestions would be _much_ appreciated. Thanx in advance!

                               David Noble

                       dnoble@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov

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