| Developer(s) | GNU Project, Henrik Sandklef |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.19 / May 6, 2014 [1] |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | X11 |
| Type | X11 Test |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
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GNU Xnee is a suite of programs that can record, replay and distribute user actions under the X11 environment. It can be used for testing and demonstrating X11 applications. [2] Within X11 each user input (mouse click or key press) is an X Window System event. Xnee records these events into a file. Later Xnee is used to play the events back from the file and into an X Window System just as though the user were operating the system. [3] Xnee can also be used to play or distribute user input events to two or more machines in parallel. [2] As the target X Window application sees what appears to be physical user input it has resulted in Xnee being dubbed “Xnee is Not an Event Emulator.” [3] [4]
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As Xnee is free software, it can be modified to handle special tasks. For example, inserting time stamps as part of the playback. [5] It can also be used to automate tasks, like distributing actions (e.g. teacher shows students) and changing files. [6]
