Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ads.com!sparkyfs.erg.sri.com!rusti From: rusti@erg.sri.com (Rusti Baker) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Record and Playback in X Message-ID: <1991Jun24.213925.16192@erg.sri.com> Date: 24 Jun 91 21:39:25 GMT References: <1991Jun18.181058.17175@software.org> <143455.12711@timbuk.cray.com> Sender: news@erg.sri.com Distribution: na Organization: Engineering Research Group Lines: 24 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. -- Rusti Baker SRI Engineering Research Group (415) 859-2318