unicrud

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

unicrud - Bounces a random Unicode character on the screen.

SYNOPSIS

unicrud [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-speed number] [-block string] [-no-titles] [-no-wander] [-no-roll] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

Chooses a random Unicode character and displays it full screen, along with some information about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode

OPTIONS

-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.
-window: Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root: Draw on the root window.
-delay number: Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
-speed number: Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
-titles | -no-titles: Whether to describe the character being shown. Default true.
-wander | -no-wander: Whether the object should wander around the screen.
-roll | -no-roll: Whether the object should rotate. Boolean.
-block string: Which block or blocks of Unicode characters to display. Default: "all". Use -block help to see the full list.
-fps | -no-fps: Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR

Jamie Zawinski.