.TH geistest 1 "August 16, 2010" "" "geistest"

.SH NAME
geistest \- test operation of the GEIS API

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B geistest [ 
.B -w 
.I windowid
.B ]
.B [ 
.B -d 
.I deviceid
.B ]
.br

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

Hitting any key on the keyboard will exit the program gracefully.

.SH OPTIONS
.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 all
windows.

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

.IP -d
Specifies the
.I deviceId
of a specific input device to be tested for multi-touch gestural input.
If this argument is not set, the default action is to listen to multi-touch
input on all devices.  This argument may be used more than once to specify
multiple input devices.

The
.I deviceId
can be determined using the program
.BR xinput .

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

.SH "SEE ALSO"
gesturetest(1)