| 1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "13-aug-92" "X Version 11" |
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| 2 | .SH NAME |
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| 3 | noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty |
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 5 | .B noseguy |
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| 6 | [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-text-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-text-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-font \fIfont\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-mode \fImode\fP] [\-program \fIprogram\fP] [\-filename \file\fP] [\-text \fItext\fP] |
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| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 8 | A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages to |
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| 9 | the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the \fIxnlock\fP |
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| 10 | program. |
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| 11 | .SH OPTIONS |
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| 12 | .I noseguy |
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| 13 | accepts the following options: |
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| 14 | .TP 8 |
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| 15 | .B \-window |
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| 16 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
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| 17 | .TP 8 |
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| 18 | .B \-root |
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| 19 | Draw on the root window. |
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| 20 | .TP 8 |
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| 21 | .B \-install |
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| 22 | Install a private colormap for the window. |
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| 23 | .TP 8 |
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| 24 | .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP |
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| 25 | Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, |
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| 26 | or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. |
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| 27 | .TP 8 |
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| 28 | .B \-font \fIfont\fP |
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| 29 | The font used for the messages. |
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| 30 | .TP 8 |
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| 31 | .B \-mode [ program | file | string ] |
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| 32 | In \fIprogram\fP mode, the messages are gotten by running a program. |
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| 33 | The program used is controlled by the \fI\-program\fP option, and |
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| 34 | the \fI.program\fP resource. |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | In \fIfilename\fP mode, the message used is the contents of a file. |
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| 37 | The file used is controlled by the \fI\-file\fP option, and |
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| 38 | the \fI.filename\fP resource. |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | In \fIstring\fP mode, the message is whatever was specified on the |
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| 41 | command line as the \fI\-text\fP option, or in the resource database |
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| 42 | as the \fI.text\fP resource. |
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| 43 | .TP 8 |
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| 44 | .B \-program \fIprogram\fP |
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| 45 | If \fImode\fP is \fIprogram\fP (the default), then this program will be |
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| 46 | run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages. The |
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| 47 | default program is \fI"fortune -s"\fP, but \fIyow\fP is also a good choice. |
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| 48 | .TP 8 |
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| 49 | .B \-filename \fIfile\fP |
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| 50 | If \fImode\fP is \fIfile\fP, then the contents of this file will be used |
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| 51 | for all messages. |
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| 52 | .TP 8 |
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| 53 | .B \-text \fIstring\fP |
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| 54 | If \fImode\fP is \fIstring\fP, then this text will be used for all messages. |
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| 55 | .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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| 56 | .PP |
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| 57 | .TP 8 |
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| 58 | .B DISPLAY |
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| 59 | to get the default host and display number. |
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| 60 | .TP 8 |
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| 61 | .B XENVIRONMENT |
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| 62 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources |
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| 63 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. |
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| 64 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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| 65 | .BR X (1), |
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| 66 | .BR xscreensaver (1), |
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| 67 | .BR xnlock (1) |
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| 68 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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| 69 | Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>. |
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| 70 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 71 | Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985. |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | Ability to run standalone or with \fIxscreensaver\fP added by |
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| 74 | Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92. |
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