.\" -*-nroff-*-
-.TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
+.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" "Straylight/Edgeware" "xtoys"
.SH NAME
xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.RB [ \-a
.IR atom ]
.RB [ \-m
-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]
.RI [ \c
.IB atom : msg , msg \c
\&...]
command line. When
.B xwait
exits, it removes the properties from the root window.
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
.TP 5
.B \-f, \-\-force
Force
.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
.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