2 .TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
4 xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
17 program waits until it notices that a particular property on the X root
18 window has been assigned a particular value, at which point the program
19 exits. The property can be set using the
23 programs. It's mostly useful for putting at the end of a user's
25 file, so that it can be triggered to end the session.
27 The property, and the value to listen for, can be configured at
28 the command line. When
30 exits, it removes the property from the root window.
36 to start up, even though there may be an existing process already
37 listening for the particular atom in question.
39 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
42 rather than the display named in the usual environment variable.
44 .BI "\-a, \-\-atom " atom
47 to listen for the property named
49 The default property to listen to is
52 .BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
55 to wait for the given property to be set to
57 The default message to wait for is
60 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).