.TH geisview 1 "February 12, 2013" "" "geisview"

.SH NAME
geisview \- view operation of the GEIS API

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B geisview [ 
.B \-V
.B ]
.B [ 
.B \-w 
.I windowid
.B ]
.B [ 
.B \-b 
.I backend
.B ]
.br

.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page explains the
.B geisview
program. This program is a test driver for verifying the recognition and propagation of gestures through the GEIS API.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-V
Prints the version number of the program and exits.

.IP \-w
Specifies the
.I windowId
of a specific window to associate with gestures.
Particularly useful with touchscreens.
If this argument is not set, the default action is to read gestures on the root
window.

The
.I windowId
can be determined using the program
.BR xwininfo .

.IP \-b
Specifies the recognizer
.I back end
to use.

The following are valid back end selections.
.RS
.sp
.TP 7
dbus
Uses the DBus back end to connect to a running GEIS server (default).
.TP
grail
Uses the dynamically loaded grail back end (default fallback).
.TP
mock
Uses a mock back end for testing.
.TP
xcb
Uses the pre-XI2 back end (may not be available).
.RE

.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP GEIS_DEBUG
Enables GEIS library diagnostic messages on stderr.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
geistest(1)