NAME
noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
SYNOPSIS
noseguy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-text-foreground color] [-text-background color] [-font font] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-mode mode] [-program program] [-filename file] [-text text] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages to the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the xnlock program.
OPTIONS
noseguy accepts the following options:
| -window | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
| -root | Draw on the root window. |
| -install | Install a private colormap for the window. |
| -visual visual | |
| Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. | |
| -font font | The font used for the messages. |
| -program program | |
| This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text
of the messages. Default:
xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15 You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of xscreensaver-demo(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file. | |
| -filename file | |
| If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used for all messages. | |
| -text string | |
| If mode is string, then this text will be used for all messages. | |
| -fps | Display the current frame rate and CPU load. |
ENVIRONMENT
| DISPLAY | to get the default host and display number. |
| XENVIRONMENT | |
| to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. | |
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(1), xnlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.
AUTHOR
Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.
