noseguy
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6)
Updated: 5.40 (12-Aug-2018)
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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.