--- lirc-0.9.0/tools/irxevent.c.orig	2012-03-28 17:37:58.603657279 +0900
+++ lirc-0.9.0/tools/irxevent.c	2012-03-28 17:41:20.432647800 +0900
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 static const char *root_window_name = "RootWindow";
 
 static const char *progname = "irxevent";
+static char *lirc_progname = NULL; /* program name to react to, by default irxevent */
 static Display *dpy;
 static Window root;
 static XEvent xev;
@@ -550,6 +551,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct option long_options[] = {
+	{"name", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
 	{"daemon", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
 	{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
 	{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
@@ -566,8 +568,11 @@
 	int c;
 	int WindowID;
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dhV", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "n:dhV", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
+		case 'n':
+			lirc_progname = optarg;
+			continue;
 		case 'd':
 			bDaemon = 1;
 			continue;
@@ -605,7 +610,7 @@
 	// windows may get closed at wrong time. Override default error handler...
 	XSetErrorHandler(errorHandler);
 
-	if (lirc_init("irxevent", 1) == -1)
+	if (lirc_init(lirc_progname?lirc_progname:progname, 1) == -1)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
 	if (lirc_readconfig(config_file, &config, check) == 0) {
--- lirc-0.9.0/doc/man/irxevent.1.orig	2012-03-28 17:49:49.743623879 +0900
+++ lirc-0.9.0/doc/man/irxevent.1	2012-03-28 17:53:34.603613319 +0900
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 Irxevent is a complement to irexec and irpty.
 .TP
+\fB\-n\fR \fB\-\-name\fR
+program name in .lircrc for this irxevent instance
+.TP
 \fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-daemon\fR
 fork and run in background
 .TP
--- lirc-0.9.0/doc/html/irxevent.html.orig	2012-03-28 17:54:15.632611392 +0900
+++ lirc-0.9.0/doc/html/irxevent.html	2012-03-28 17:54:44.502610035 +0900
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 <P>
 Irxevent is a complement to irexec and irpty.
 <DL COMPACT>
+<DT><B>-n</B> <B>--name</B><DD>
 <DT><B>-d</B> <B>--daemon</B><DD>
 fork and run in background
 <DT><B>-h</B> <B>--help</B><DD>