GNU Xnee

 Xnee can be used to

• Automate tests - even nightly automatic regression tests
• Demonstrate programs - record and replay a user interaction with your system
• Distribute actions - teacher's actions can be sent to all student's desktops
• Record and replay 'macro' - Tie a key modifier combination (e.g using xkeymouse) to replay a recorded session. The macro is WM- and program independent.
• Retype a file - When testing an editor, Xnee can type in the content of a file. This can be compared with the original.

Xnee modules include

• cnee - Command line program
• gnee - Graphical User Interface (GUI) program
• pnee - Gnome Panel Applet
• libxnee - Library used by cnee, pnee and gnee

Features cnee comes with all features that is offered by libxnee. The same features are offered by the GUI program gnee. There is, however, one major thing that you only can do with cnee: do unattended and automatic regression test (e.g using cron). The features:

• record an Xnee session file
• replay an Xnee session file
• retype the content of a file
• create/write Xnee project files
• read Xnee project files
• distribute device events to multiple displays

All Xnee applications (gnee and cnee) receives X11 protocol data (e g XEvents) from an X server using the libxnee and prints them to a file. This file is used later on when replaying. Events directly generated by the user (e.g KeyPress) can be replayed or faked. Requests, replies, errors and events not directly generated by the user (e.g MapNotify) can be recorded as well. By using these data Xnee applications can replay with synchronisation. This is not only useful but essential.