---
name: "telak"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "telak"
version: "0.6-1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/telak"
---

# telak(1)

draw local or remote pictures on your root window

## NAME

telak - draw local or remote pictures on your root window

## SYNOPSIS

**telak** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**telak** is a program that draw local or remote pictures on your root window. This is very useful if you want to have webcam, graphs or something like this drawn above your wallpaper.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v** **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-d** **--display**

  Specify display.

- **-c** **--config**

  Specify configuration file.

- **--cache**

  Specify cache directory.

## CONFIGURATION FILE

The format is pretty simple. Each image have to be declared in a section, which is defined like this: **\[image\_name\]**

After this, you will have to declare options you want.

- **url = \<url or path\>**

  URL (http, ftp) or path (/home...) to your picture. MANDATORY.

- **width = \<size in px\>**

  Force the width of the picture to X.

- **heigth = \<size in px\>**

  Force the heigth of the picture to X.

- **x = \<position in px\>**

  Position of the image.

- **y = \<position in px\>**

  Position of the image.

- **refresh = \<time in seconds\>**

  Reload image every X seconds.

- **reverse = \<1 or 0\>**

  Reverse color mode.

## EXAMPLE

Here is a telakrc example.

```
[test]
url = /home/staff/acid/test.jpg
width = 100
height = 100
x = 800
y = 600
reverse = 0
[photo]
url = http://www.somedomaine.com/somepath/arf.png
x = 200
y = 0
refresh = 300
reverse = 1
```

## FILES

- **~/.telak/telakrc**

  Main configuration file.

- **~/.telak/cache**

  Default cache directory.

## AUTHOR

Julien Danjou \<julien@danjou.info\>

## HOMEPAGE

http://julien.danjou.info/telak.html