penguineyes(6)

NAME

penguineyes - A themable xeyes replacement.

SYNOPSIS

penguineyes [ OPTIONS ]

DESCRIPTION

Penguineyes (pronounced as "penguinise" - or "penguinize" if you're American;) allows the user to have Tux the loveable Linux penguin sitting in the corner of his (or her) desktop, following the cursor with his eyes, not only that, but several other characters, or even one created by the user, can be substituted for Tux.

OPTIONS

Pengiuneyes accepts the following options:

-g, --geometry (wxh+x+y): set the geometry of the window

-w, --width (width): set the width of the window (height is calculated automatically)

-h, --height (height): set the height of the window (width is calculated automatically)

-V, --flipv: start with the window flipped vertically

-H, --fliph: start with the window flipped horizontally

-t, --theme (theme): use the theme of the specified name

-r, --random: use a random theme

-f, --fps (fps): set the number of redraws a second (default 24)

-g, --guilty (fps): This option causes the eyes to look away from the mouse

-c, --config (filename): use an alternative defaults file - used to record restart information

-s, --spawn (n): spawn n instances of Penguineyes, each with its own config file

-a, --applet: Run Penguineyes as an applet (GNOME only)

-d, --disable_always_on_top: Allow other windows to hide Penguineyes

-v, --version: print the version number, and then exit

-?, --help: print usage information, and then exit

USAGE

Once Penguineyes has been started, you can use the mouse to interact with it, the mouse commands are:

Left mouse button:: click this, then drag to move the window around the screen

Middle mouse button:: click this, then drag to resize the window, if you hold down shift while doing this, the window will retain its scale

Right mouse button:: brings up a menu that allows you to change the theme

mouse wheel:: If you have a mouse wheel (and its actions are configured to buttons 4 and 5), you can use it to resize penguineyes.

As well as setting the theme, the menu offers the following functions, these are bound the keys in brackets

Flip horizontally/vertically (v/h): Flip the image either horizontally, or vertically

Reset size (r): Reset the size of the image to its original value

Random theme (space): Set the theme randomly

Save (s): Save the current theme and geometry settings to the defaults file - this information is used when Penguineyes is restarted, although this is automatically done on quitting.

Quit (q): Useless function ...

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