noseguy
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-background color] [-font font] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-mode mode] [-program program] [-filename file] [-text text] [-fps]
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:
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-window
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Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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-root
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Draw on the root window.
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-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.
-program program
This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages. Default:
xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15
You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.
-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.
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-fps
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Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT
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DISPLAY
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to get the default host and display number.
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XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(6x), xnlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv AT danheller DOT com>.
AUTHOR
Dan Heller <argv AT danheller DOT com>, 1985.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz AT jwz DOT org>, 13-aug-92.