NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/windows/x/16586

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From: [e-mail] (Donald Koch)
Subject: Re: How do you record server/client dialog?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: record playback fake-out server
Sender: aardvark@nt1l (Donald Koch)
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Organization: Koch Research Labs
References:  <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:52:23 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (James H. Moore 726-0322) writes:
> I heard of a reference to a public domain tool which basically listens to
> the X server / client dialog, and records it.  Later, you can play
> the dialog back to the server and have it display (real-time) what was
> done previously.  Playback will not need the original application(s) or
> hardware configuration.  This is intended to record demonstations to
> be played back later in a minimal X configuration.

You are probably referring either to xscope, which records the dialog between the
client and server and dumps it to an ascii file, or the input synthesis extension,
which lets you record and playback input events for testing programs.  I've not
heard of a program that does what you want.  I suspect you could modify xscope
to dump a binary file out for filtering and playback.  You need to add timing info,
synthesize the input, and handle the responses from the server.

--
Don Koch
[e-mail]