XOSD(D)                                           XOSD(D)



NAME
       osd_cat - X on-screen file displayer

SYNOPSIS
       osd_cat [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Display FILE, or standard input, on X screen.

       -t, --top
              Display at top of screen

       -b, --bottom
              Display at bottom of screen

       -f, --font=FONT
              This  option specifies the font to be used for dis-
              playing the text. The default is fixed.

       -c, --color=COLOR
              This option specifies the color to be used for dis-
              playing the text. The default is red.

       -d, --delay=TIME
              This  option  specifies  the  number of seconds the
              text is displayed. The default is 5 seconds.

       -l, --lines=TIME
              This option specifies the number of lines to scroll
              the display over. The default is 5.

       -o, --offset=OFFSET
              This  option  specifies  the offset from the top or
              bottom of screen the text is displayed. The default
              is 0.

       -s, --shadow=SHADOW
              This  option  specifies  the  offset  of  the  text
              shadow. The default  is  0,  which  means  no  text
              shadow is created.

       -a, --age=SCROLL_AGE
              This option effects screen redrawing. If SCROLL_AGE
              seconds pass before a new line is ready (for  exam-
              ple,  you're  reading  from a pipe), the display is
              cleared instead of being scrolled. The  default  is
              0, which means all lines are added to the scroll.

       -w, --wait
              This  option  also  effects  screen redrawing. When
              there is data ready  to  be  put  on  screen,  this
              option will cause osd_cat to wait until the display
              is clear. An alternative to scrolling.

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR
       Martijn van de Streek <martijn@foodfight.org>, Some patch-
       ing  done by Malcolm Valentine <farkit@iprimus.com.au> and
       Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>.
       xosd was written by Andre Renaud  <andre@ignavus.net>  and
       is maintained by Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>

SEE ALSO
       More  information  on the X OSD Library and its author can
       be found on http://www.ignavus.net/software.html

COPYRIGHT
       It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.



X OSD cat                  January 2001               XOSD(D)