xscreensaver-text
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen savers.
SYNOPSIS
xscreensaver-text
[--verbose]
[--columns
N]
[--lines
N]
[--latin1]
[--date]
[--text
STRING]
[--file
PATH]
[--program
CMD]
[--url
URL]
DESCRIPTION
The
xscreensaver-text script prints out some text for use by
various screensavers, according to the options set in
the
~/.xscreensaver file. This may dump the contents of a file,
run a program, or load a URL. The text is reformatted and wrapped as
appropriate.
OPTIONS
xscreensaver-text
accepts the following options:
- --verbose or -v
-
Print diagnostics to stderr. Multiple -v switches increase the
amount of output.
- --columns N or --cols N
-
Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns.
- --lines N
-
Truncate output to at most this many lines. Default: unlimited.
- --latin1
-
Convert any UTF-8 characters in the input to their closest Latin1
equivalent for output.
Command line options may be used to override the settings in the
~/.xscreensaver file:
- --date
-
Print the host name and current time.
- --text STRING
-
Print out the given text. It may contain % escape sequences as per
strftime(2).
- --file PATH
-
Print the contents of the given file, re-formatting it as per
the other options.
- --program CMD
-
Run the given program and print its output, re-formatting it as per
the other options.
- --url URL
-
Download and print the contents of the web page. If it contains
HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted to plain-text. This
re-downloads the document every time it is run.
ENVIRONMENT
- HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, http_proxy, or https_proxy
-
to get the default proxy host and port.
BUGS
URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires".
SEE ALSO
xscreensaver-settings(1),
xscreensaver(1),
fortune(1),
phosphor(6x),
apple2(6x),
starwars(6x),
fontglide(6x),
dadadodo(1),
webcollage(6x),
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005-2021 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 <
jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.