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From: don@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Don Hopkins)
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Subject: Simulating Users on Sun 3/60 running X Windows
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Date: 16 Dec 88 08:15:25 GMT
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   Date:    6 Dec 88 17:17:18 GMT
   From:    ppgbms!paul@philabs.philips.com (Paul Matz)

   sun!athsys!jim@decwrl.dec.com (Jim Becker) writes:
   > I have the task of determining how to capture a user session on the Sun
   > (mouse & keyboard events) and then replay it automatically.  The purpose
   > of this is to create test scripts that can be used for Q/A.

   NeWS has a feature that captures all mouse and keyboard input.  It sounds
   like just what you are looking for.  Version 1.1, and it is called
   journalling.  The user interface controller works just like a tape
   recorder.  Try it, you'll like it!

	   Paul Matz
	   PPG Biomedical Systems
	   Pleasantville, NY.
	   914-741-4685
	   ppgbms!paul

When X11/NeWS finally hits the streets, you will be able to use the
NeWS journaling facility to play back events to X clients as well as
to NeWS clients. (According to people working the merge.) That's
because there is one unified event queue through which all X and NeWS
events go.

	-Don