srini@ubuntu:~$ !expo export LDTP_DEBUG=1 srini@ubuntu:~$ ldtp Tue Jun 20 23:03:18 2006: Client connection: accepted Locale languages: en_IN Client packet len: 200 i = 0 Data read 200, packet-len = 200, bytes read = 200, data: settextvalue1131778579*gedittxt0@ PACKET LENGTH: 0 Received packet [settextvalue1131778579*gedittxt0@] through 15 Node: ACTION action_name: settextvalue Node: ID request_id: 1131778579 Node: CONTEXT Window name: *gedit Node: COMPONENT Component name: txt0 Node: ARGUMENTS Has childrens Argument value: LDTP Command: settextvalue Get command id: settextvalue Accessible application name: nautilus Before strip Desktop - After Desktop Search window name: *gedit - Desktop - frmDesktop Accessible application name: gnome-panel Stripped space: TopExpandedEdgePanel Before strip Top Expanded Edge Panel - After TopExpandedEdgePanel Search window name: *gedit - Top Expanded Edge Panel - frmTopExpandedEdgePanel Stripped space: BottomExpandedEdgePanel Before strip Bottom Expanded Edge Panel - After BottomExpandedEdgePanel Search window name: *gedit - Bottom Expanded Edge Panel - frmBottomExpandedEdgePanel Accessible application name: gaim Before strip guyfromchennai2002 - After guyfromchennai2002 Search window name: *gedit - guyfromchennai2002 - frmguyfromchennai2002 Stripped space: BuddyList Before strip Buddy List - After BuddyList Search window name: *gedit - Buddy List - frmBuddyList Accessible application name: metacity Here's the python window srini@ubuntu:~$ python Python 2.4.3 (#2, Apr 27 2006, 14:43:58) [GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from ldtp import * >>> settextvalue('*gedit','txt0','LDTP') settextvalue ( *gedit , txt0 , LDTP ) ####That's it, no more activity on either terminal .. i have waited for a longest of 10 min