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+// ChangeProperty/GetProperty / PropertyChange event example
+
+var x11 = require('../../lib');
+var PropertyChange = x11.eventMask.PropertyChange;
+
+x11.createClient(function(err, display) {
+    var X = display.client;
+    var root = display.screen[0].root;
+    var wid = X.AllocID();
+    X.CreateWindow(wid, root, 0, 0, 400, 300, 0, 0, 0, 0, { eventMask: PropertyChange });
+    X.MapWindow(wid);
+
+    // mode: 0 replace, 1 prepend, 2 append
+    // mode, wid, name, type, format, data
+    X.ChangeProperty(0, wid, X.atoms.WM_NAME, X.atoms.STRING, 8, 'Hello, NodeJS');
+    var interval = setInterval(function() {
+           X.ChangeProperty(0, wid, X.atoms.WM_NAME, X.atoms.STRING, 8, 'Hello, NodeJS ' + new Date());
+    }, 1000);
+
+    X.on('event', function(ev) {
+        X.GetProperty(0, wid, X.atoms.WM_NAME, X.atoms.STRING, 0, 10000000, function(err, prop) {
+            if (prop.type == X.atoms.STRING)
+               prop.data = prop.data.toString();
+            console.log(prop.data);
+        }); 
+    });
+    X.on('end', function() {
+        clearInterval(interval);
+    });
+});