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XLAX(1)							XLAX(1)

NAME
       xlax  -	X window system program to send keyboard input to
       multiple windows

SYNOPSIS
       xlax [-toolkit options]

DESCRIPTION
       Xlax is an X Window System program that will send keyboard
       input it receives to multiple selected windows.	When run,
       Xlax will bring up its main window.  There  will be  four
       buttons	on  it, "quit",	 "add window", "send string" and
       "kill window."

       Quit will terminate xlax and add window	will  change  the
       cursor  to  a  cross-hair and allow the user to select any
       window on the screen by pressing a mouse button. The user
       will  be able  to continue selecting windows until either
       the  xlax  window  or  a window	that  has  already  been
       selected, is selected.

       When  a	window	is  selected, its name will appear in the
       xlax window.  Clicking the mouse on the window  name  will
       toggle whether that window should receive input. When the
       user types anywhere in the xlax window,	those  keystrokes
       will be sent to all selected windows.

       Kill  window  will  allow  the user to select a window and
       remove it from xlax's list (note: the user must	click  on
       the actual window, not the name that appears in xlax).

       There is a window to the right of each name.  The user can
       type into it.  When Send String is selected, the specific
       string  associated  with each window will be sent to those
       windows. Clicking the first mouse  button  in  that  text
       area will clear that string and allow the user to re-enter
       the string.  Up to 150 characters are allowed.

       This tool tends to be  useful  for  system  administration
       tasks  that  require  almost  the same thing to be done in
       several different windows, but require some  human  inter-
       vention	(e.g.  some  tape  backups  or	building multiple
       servers).  The string area is useful for machine or  plat-
       form  specific  strings	(such as machine names or machine
       type).

ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY To get default host and display number.

CAVEATS
       For xlax to work on an xterm,  "allowSendEvents" must  be
       enabled	on  the xterm.	Note that this means that anyone

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XLAX(1)							XLAX(1)

       can send keystrokes to that xterm, so this should  not  be
       run in an insecure or unmonitored environment.

BUGS
       Probably something, but nothing that comes to mind.

SEE ALSO
       xterm(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1992, Frank Adelstein.

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