noseguy(6) | XScreenSaver manual | noseguy(6) |
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] [--window-id number] [--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.
- --window-id number
- Draw on the specified 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 -n15You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of xscreensaver-settings(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.
- XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
- The window ID to use with --root.
SEE ALSO
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.
6.09 (07-Jun-2024) | X Version 11 |