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XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE xprop - property displayer for X SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS xxxxpppprrrroooopppp [-help] [-grammar] [-id _i_d] [-root] [-name _n_a_m_e] [- frame] [-font _f_o_n_t] [-display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y] [-len _n] [-notype] [-fs _f_i_l_e] [-remove _p_r_o_p_e_r_t_y-_n_a_m_e] [-spy] [-f _a_t_o_m _f_o_r_m_a_t [_d_f_o_r_m_a_t]]* [_f_o_r_m_a_t [_d_f_o_r_m_a_t] _a_t_o_m]* SSSSUUUUMMMMMMMMAAAARRRRYYYY The _x_p_r_o_p utility is for displaying window and font properties in an X server. One window or font is selected using the command line arguments or possibly in the case of a window, by clicking on the desired window. A list of properties is then given, possibly with formatting information. OOOOPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS ----hhhheeeellllpppp Print out a summary of command line options. ----ggggrrrraaaammmmmmmmaaaarrrr Print out a detailed grammar for all command line options. ----iiiidddd _i_d This argument allows the user to select window _i_d on the command line rather than using the pointer to select the target window. This is very useful in debugging X applications where the target window is not mapped to the screen or where the use of the pointer might be impossible or interfere with the application. ----nnnnaaaammmmeeee _n_a_m_e This argument allows the user to specify that the window named _n_a_m_e is the target window on the command line rather than using the pointer to select the target window. ----ffffoooonnnntttt _f_o_n_t This argument allows the user to specify that the properties of font _f_o_n_t should be displayed. ----rrrrooooooootttt This argument specifies that X's root window is the target window. This is useful in situations where the root window is completely obscured. ----ddddiiiissssppppllllaaaayyyy _d_i_s_p_l_a_y This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to; see _X(_1). ----lllleeeennnn _n Specifies that at most _n bytes of any property should be read or displayed. Page 1 (printed 4/30/98) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) ----nnnnoooottttyyyyppppeeee Specifies that the type of each property should not be displayed. ----ffffssss _f_i_l_e Specifies that file _f_i_l_e should be used as a source of more formats for properties. ----ffffrrrraaaammmmeeee Specifies that when selecting a window by hand (i.e. if none of ----nnnnaaaammmmeeee, ----rrrrooooooootttt, or ----iiiidddd are given), look at the window manager frame (if any) instead of looking for the client window. ----rrrreeeemmmmoooovvvveeee _p_r_o_p_e_r_t_y-_n_a_m_e Specifies the name of a property to be removed from the indicated window. ----ssssppppyyyy Examine window properties forever, looking for property change events. ----ffff _n_a_m_e _f_o_r_m_a_t [[[[_d_f_o_r_m_a_t]]]] Specifies that the _f_o_r_m_a_t for _n_a_m_e should be _f_o_r_m_a_t and that the _d_f_o_r_m_a_t for _n_a_m_e should be _d_f_o_r_m_a_t. If _d_f_o_r_m_a_t is missing, " = $0+\n" is assumed. DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN For each of these properties, its value on the selected window or font is printed using the supplied formatting information if any. If no formatting information is supplied, internal defaults are used. If a property is not defined on the selected window or font, "not defined" is printed as the value for that property. If no property list is given, all the properties possessed by the selected window or font are printed. A window may be selected in one of four ways. First, if the desired window is the root window, the -root argument may be used. If the desired window is not the root window, it may be selected in two ways on the command line, either by id number such as might be obtained from _x_w_i_n_i_n_f_o, or by name if the window possesses a name. The -id argument selects a window by id number in either decimal or hex (must start with 0x) while the -name argument selects a window by name. The last way to select a window does not involve the command line at all. If none of -font, -id, -name, and -root are specified, a crosshairs cursor is displayed and the user is allowed to choose any visible window by pressing any pointer button in the desired window. If it is desired to display properties of a font as opposed to a window, the -font argument must be used. Other than the above four arguments and the -help argument Page 2 (printed 4/30/98) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) for obtaining help, and the -grammar argument for listing the full grammar for the command line, all the other command line arguments are used in specifying both the format of the properties to be displayed and how to display them. The -len _n argument specifies that at most _n bytes of any given property will be read and displayed. This is useful for example when displaying the cut buffer on the root window which could run to several pages if displayed in full. Normally each property name is displayed by printing first the property name then its type (if it has one) in parentheses followed by its value. The -notype argument specifies that property types should not be displayed. The -fs argument is used to specify a file containing a list of formats for properties while the -f argument is used to specify the format for one property. The formatting information for a property actually consists of two parts, a _f_o_r_m_a_t and a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t. The _f_o_r_m_a_t specifies the actual formatting of the property (i.e., is it made up of words, bytes, or longs?, etc.) while the _d_f_o_r_m_a_t specifies how the property should be displayed. The following paragraphs describe how to construct _f_o_r_m_a_ts and _d_f_o_r_m_a_ts. However, for the vast majority of users and uses, this should not be necessary as the built in defaults contain the _f_o_r_m_a_ts and _d_f_o_r_m_a_ts necessary to display all the standard properties. It should only be necessary to specify _f_o_r_m_a_ts and _d_f_o_r_m_a_ts if a new property is being dealt with or the user dislikes the standard display format. New users especially are encouraged to skip this part. A _f_o_r_m_a_t consists of one of 0, 8, 16, or 32 followed by a sequence of one or more format characters. The 0, 8, 16, or 32 specifies how many bits per field there are in the property. Zero is a special case meaning use the field size information associated with the property itself. (This is only needed for special cases like type INTEGER which is actually three different types depending on the size of the fields of the property) A value of 8 means that the property is a sequence of bytes while a value of 16 would mean that the property is a sequence of words. The difference between these two lies in the fact that the sequence of words will be byte swapped while the sequence of bytes will not be when read by a machine of the opposite byte order of the machine that originally wrote the property. For more information on how properties are formatted and stored, consult the Xlib manual. Once the size of the fields has been specified, it is Page 3 (printed 4/30/98) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) necessary to specify the type of each field (i.e., is it an integer, a string, an atom, or what?) This is done using one format character per field. If there are more fields in the property than format characters supplied, the last character will be repeated as many times as necessary for the extra fields. The format characters and their meaning are as follows: a The field holds an atom number. A field of this type should be of size 32. b The field is an boolean. A 0 means false while anything else means true. c The field is an unsigned number, a cardinal. i The field is a signed integer. m The field is a set of bit flags, 1 meaning on. s This field and the next ones until either a 0 or the end of the property represent a sequence of bytes. This format character is only usable with a field size of 8 and is most often used to represent a string. x The field is a hex number (like 'c' but displayed in hex - most useful for displaying window ids and the like) An example _f_o_r_m_a_t is 32ica which is the format for a property of three fields of 32 bits each, the first holding a signed integer, the second an unsigned integer, and the third an atom. The format of a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t unlike that of a _f_o_r_m_a_t is not so rigid. The only limitations on a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t is that one may not start with a letter or a dash. This is so that it can be distinguished from a property name or an argument. A _d_f_o_r_m_a_t is a text string containing special characters instructing that various fields be printed at various points in a manner similar to the formatting string used by printf. For example, the _d_f_o_r_m_a_t " is ( $0, $1 \)\n" would render the POINT 3, -4 which has a _f_o_r_m_a_t of 32ii as " is ( 3, -4 )\n". Any character other than a $, ?, \, or a ( in a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t prints as itself. To print out one of $, ?, \, or ( precede it by a \. For example, to print out a $, use \$. Several special backslash sequences are provided as shortcuts. \n will cause a newline to be displayed while \t will cause a tab to be displayed. \_o where _o is an octal number will display character number _o. Page 4 (printed 4/30/98) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) A $ followed by a number _n causes field number _n to be displayed. The format of the displayed field depends on the formatting character used to describe it in the corresponding _f_o_r_m_a_t. I.e., if a cardinal is described by 'c' it will print in decimal while if it is described by a 'x' it is displayed in hex. If the field is not present in the property (this is possible with some properties), <field not available> is displayed instead. $_n+ will display field number _n then a comma then field number _n+1 then another comma then ... until the last field defined. If field _n is not defined, nothing is displayed. This is useful for a property that is a list of values. A ? is used to start a conditional expression, a kind of if-then statement. ?_e_x_p(_t_e_x_t) will display _t_e_x_t if and only if _e_x_p evaluates to non-zero. This is useful for two things. First, it allows fields to be displayed if and only if a flag is set. And second, it allows a value such as a state number to be displayed as a name rather than as just a number. The syntax of _e_x_p is as follows: _e_x_p ::= _t_e_r_m | _t_e_r_m=_e_x_p | !_e_x_p _t_e_r_m ::= _n | $_n | m_n The ! operator is a logical ``not'', changing 0 to 1 and any non-zero value to 0. = is an equality operator. Note that internally all expressions are evaluated as 32 bit numbers so -1 is not equal to 65535. = returns 1 if the two values are equal and 0 if not. _n represents the constant value _n while $_n represents the value of field number _n. m_n is 1 if flag number _n in the first field having format character 'm' in the corresponding _f_o_r_m_a_t is 1, 0 otherwise. Examples: ?m3(count: $3\n) displays field 3 with a label of count if and only if flag number 3 (count starts at 0!) is on. ?$2=0(True)?!$2=0(False) displays the inverted value of field 2 as a boolean. In order to display a property, _x_p_r_o_p needs both a _f_o_r_m_a_t and a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t. Before _x_p_r_o_p uses its default values of a _f_o_r_m_a_t of 32x and a _d_f_o_r_m_a_t of " = { $0+ }\n", it searches several places in an attempt to find more specific formats. First, a search is made using the name of the property. If this fails, a search is made using the type of the property. This allows type STRING to be defined with one set of formats while allowing property WM_NAME which is of type STRING to be defined with a different format. In this way, the display formats for a given type can be overridden for specific properties. Page 5 (printed 4/30/98) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) XXXX VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 11111111 ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 6666....3333)))) XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPP((((1111)))) The locations searched are in order: the format if any specified with the property name (as in 8x WM_NAME), the formats defined by -f options in last to first order, the contents of the file specified by the -fs option if any, the contents of the file specified by the environmental variable XPROPFORMATS if any, and finally _x_p_r_o_p's built in file of formats. The format of the files referred to by the -fs argument and the XPROPFORMATS variable is one or more lines of the following form: _n_a_m_e _f_o_r_m_a_t [_d_f_o_r_m_a_t] Where _n_a_m_e is either the name of a property or the name of a type, _f_o_r_m_a_t is the _f_o_r_m_a_t to be used with _n_a_m_e and _d_f_o_r_m_a_t is the _d_f_o_r_m_a_t to be used with _n_a_m_e. If _d_f_o_r_m_a_t is not present, " = $0+\n" is assumed. EEEEXXXXAAAAMMMMPPPPLLLLEEEESSSS To display the name of the root window: _x_p_r_o_p -root WM_NAME To display the window manager hints for the clock: _x_p_r_o_p -name xclock WM_HINTS To display the start of the cut buffer: _x_p_r_o_p -root -len 100 CUT_BUFFER0 To display the point size of the fixed font: _x_p_r_o_p -font fixed POINT_SIZE To display all the properties of window # 0x200007: _x_p_r_o_p -id 0x200007 EEEENNNNVVVVIIIIRRRROOOONNNNMMMMEEEENNNNTTTT DDDDIIIISSSSPPPPLLLLAAAAYYYY To get default display. XXXXPPPPRRRROOOOPPPPFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAATTTTSSSS Specifies the name of a file from which additional formats are to be obtained. SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO X(1), xwininfo(1) AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena Page 6 (printed 4/30/98)