NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       xlax [-find] [-prefix string] [-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 six buttons on  it,  "Quit",  "Add
       Windows", "Find xlax:", "Send String", "Paste", and "Kill Window."

       "Quit" will terminate xlax and "Add windows" 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, which may display text assigned to this window  name.   When
       "Send String" is selected, the specific string associated with each window will be sent to those windows.
       Clicking the first mouse button in this area will bring up a popup window that allows you to  change  the
       assigned  text.   Up  to  150  characters  are  allowed.   The  software records all characters including
       backspace and carriage return, so there is no editing this field -- if  you  make  a  mistake,  click  on
       "Clear" to start over.

       The "Paste" button sends the currently (or most recently) selected text to all active windows.

       The "Find xlax:" button searches all X11 windows for those with a class hint that begins with "xlax:" (or
       alternately, a string specified  by  the  user  with  the  -prefix  option).   These  windows  are  added
       automatically,  and  their  sendstring is automatically set to whatever follows "xlax:" (or the alternate
       prefix value).

       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 intervention (e.g. some tape backups or
       building multiple servers).  The string area is useful for machine or platform specific strings (such  as
       machine names or machine type).

EXAMPLES

       This starts up three xterms, and then xlax automatically finds them.
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string1 &
              [1] 555
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string2 &
              [2] 556
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name xlax:string3 &
              [3] 557
              example% xlax -find

       If you want more than one xlax, to automatically find different windows, specify a different prefix:
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name foo:string1 &
              [1] 555
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name foo:string2 &
              [2] 556
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name bar:string3 &
              [3] 557
              example% xterm -xrm 'XTerm*allowSendEvents: true' -name bar:string3 &
              [4] 558
              example% xlax -prefix foo: -find &
              [5] 559
              example% xlax -prefix bar: -find &
              [6] 560

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 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.