noseguy(6x)

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 -n15

You 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.

COPYRIGHT

AUTHOR

Dan Heller <[email protected]>, 1985.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 13-aug-92.