Xnee

Xnee is a cool suite of programs that can record, replay, and share user actions in the X11 environment. Think of Xnee like a little robot that mimics what you just did on your computer!

What Can You Do with Xnee?

There’s a lot you can do with Xnee, including:

• Automate tests: Perfect for things like nightly automatic regression tests.


• Demonstrate programs: Record and replay how to interact with your system.


• Distribute actions: A teacher can send their actions to all students' desktops.


• Record and replay macros: Use key combinations (like xkeymouse) to play back recorded sessions. This works across different window managers and programs.


• Retype a file: While testing an editor, Xnee can type out the content of a file for comparison with the original.

The Parts of Xnee

Xnee has two main applications along with a library:

• cnee: This is a command line program that helps with event emulation.


• gnee: A graphical user interface (GUI) program that makes it more user-friendly.


• libxnee: The library that powers both cnee and gnee.

How It Works

All the applications in Xnee, like gnee and cnee, gather data from an X server using the libxnee library. They collect events—like when you press keys—and save them to a file for later playback.

You can replay or simulate events generated by the user (like KeyPress), or even record requests, replies, errors, and other non-user-generated events. This way, everything plays back in sync. It’s super useful!

Making Testing Easier

If you want to make sure a program does its job right, you need to run some tests. Honestly, testing can be pretty boring for programmers! That’s why they created Xnee—to take some of that burden off their shoulders.

A Bit of History

Xnee started as just a command line tool but evolved over time. The main functions were turned into a library called libxnee so developers could create more than just command-line clients. Now we have gnee as well!

Your Go-To Testing Tool!

You can easily record test cases with Xnee and replay them whenever needed. Plus, it lets you send events to other displays while recording or playing back!

Xnee works within the X Windows System to make all this happen smoothly. If you're looking for an effective way to manage your testing tasks, check out this software! You can find more details at this link: Download GNU XNee here!