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.TH EVDUMP 1
.SH NAME
evdump \- dump input and window events
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B evdump
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Evdump
creates a new window, grabs the input and prints incoming
keyboard, mouse and window events in a human-readable form.
.PP
It can be useful in a situation where a keyboard does not
seem to produce any rune when a certain key is pressed. The
event printed out, in this case, provides enough information
to set a required rune via
.IR /dev/kbmap .
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR rio (1) ,
.IR kbdfs (8)
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/evdump.c
.SH HISTORY
.I Evdump
first appeared in 9front (January, 2023).