XScreenSaver(r)                                   XScreenSaver(r)



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-back-
       ground color] [-font font]  [-window]  [-root]  [-install]
       [-visual  visual]  [-mode mode] [-program program] [-file-
       name le] [-text text]

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.

       -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.

       -mode [ program | file | string ]
               In  program  mode, the messages are gotten by run-
               ning a program.  The program used is controlled by
               the -program option, and the .program resource.

               In filename mode, the message used is the contents
               of a file.  The file used  is  controlled  by  the
               -file option, and the .filename resource.

               In string mode, the message is whatever was speci-
               fied on the command line as the -text  option,  or
               in the resource database as the .text resource.

       -program program
               If  mode  is program (the default), then this pro-
               gram will be run periodically, and its output will
               be  the text of the messages.  The default program
               is "fortune -s", but yow is also a good choice.

       -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.

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_MAN-
               AGER property.

SEE ALSO
       X(X), xscreensaver(r), xnlock(k)

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.



X Version 11                13-aug-92             XScreenSaver(r)