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1 perry 1 XScreenSaver
2 !!!XScreenSaver
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 SEE ALSO
9 COPYRIGHT
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
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15 noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __noseguy__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-text-foreground ''color''] [[-text-background
22 ''color''] [[-font ''font''] [[-window] [[-root]
23 [[-install] [[-visual ''visual''] [[-mode ''mode'']
24 [[-program ''program''] [[-filename le] [[-text
25 ''text'']
26 !!DESCRIPTION
27
28
29 A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing
30 out messages to the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were
31 extracted from the ''xnlock'' program.
32 !!OPTIONS
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35 ''noseguy'' accepts the following options:
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38 __-window__
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41 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
42 default.
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45 __-root__
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48 Draw on the root window.
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51 __-install__
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54 Install a private colormap for the window.
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57 __-visual__ ''visual''
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60 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
61 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
62 specific visual.
63
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65 __-font__ ''font''
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68 The font used for the messages.
69
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71 __-mode [[ program | file | string ]__
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74 In ''program'' mode, the messages are gotten by running a
75 program. The program used is controlled by the
76 ''-program'' option, and the ''.program''
77 resource.
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80 In ''filename'' mode, the message used is the contents of
81 a file. The file used is controlled by the ''-file''
82 option, and the ''.filename'' resource.
83
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85 In ''string'' mode, the message is whatever was specified
86 on the command line as the ''-text'' option, or in the
87 resource database as the ''.text'' resource.
88
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90 __-program__ ''program''
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93 If ''mode'' is ''program'' (the default), then this
94 program will be run periodically, and its output will be the
95 text of the messages. The default program is
96 '''', but ''yow'' is also a good
97 choice.
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100 __-filename__ ''file''
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103 If ''mode'' is ''file'', then the contents of this
104 file will be used for all messages.
105
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107 __-text__ ''string''
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110 If ''mode'' is ''string'', then this text will be used
111 for all messages.
112 !!ENVIRONMENT
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115 __DISPLAY__
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118 to get the default host and display number.
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121 __XENVIRONMENT__
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124 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
125 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
126 property.
127 !!SEE ALSO
128
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4 perry 130 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
1 perry 131 xnlock(1)
132 !!COPYRIGHT
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5 JonBailey 135 Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller http://www.well.com/user/argv/ http://www.danheller.com/
1 perry 136 !!AUTHOR
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139 Dan Heller
140
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142 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
143 by Jamie Zawinski
144 ''
145 ----
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