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 .\" -*-nroff-*-
+.de hP
+.IP
+\h'-\w'\fB\\$1\ \fP'u'\fB\\$1\ \fP\c
+..
+.ie t .ds o \(bu
+.el .ds o o
+.
 .TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
 .SH NAME
 xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
@@ -11,7 +18,7 @@ xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]
 .RI [ \c
 .IB atom : msg , msg \c
 \&...]
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ The properties, and the values to listen for, can be configured at the
 command line.  When
 .B xwait
 exits, it removes the properties from the root window.
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .B \-f, \-\-force
 Force 
@@ -53,11 +60,11 @@ to listen for the property named
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg
 Sets
 .B xwait
 to wait for the given property to be set to
-.IR message .
+.IR msg .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .SS "Argument format"
 The
@@ -79,6 +86,20 @@ will wait for
 .B XWAIT_PROPERTY
 to be set to
 .BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .
+.SS "Output format"
+When a message is eventually received,
+.B xwait
+prints information about it to standard output:
+.hP \*o
+If more than one property (atom) was specified, the property name is
+printed.
+.hP \*o
+If more than one message is recognized for the property, the message
+string is printed; if a property name was printed, the two are separated
+by a colon and a single space character.
+.PP
+.B xwait
+then exits with return code 0.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
 .SH BUGS