xscreensaver(1)
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(1), xscreensaver(1), xnlock(1)
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.