DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
fliptext6x
Draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around
Usage
fliptext [--display
host:display.screen]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--visual
visual]
[--delay
microseconds]
[--program
command]
[--size
integer]
[--columns
integer]
[{--left | --center | --right}]
[--lines
integer]
[--speed
float]
[--delay
usecs]
[--font
xlfd]
[--wireframe]
[--fps]
Overview
The fliptext program runs another program to generate a stream of text, then animates the lines of that text transparently flipping in and out in 3D.
Options
fliptext accepts the following options:
-
--window -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-
--root -
Draw on the root window.
-
--window-id number -
Draw on the specified 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.
-
--program sh-command -
This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text that is displayed. Default xscreensaver-text.
You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.
-
--size integer -
How large a font to use, in points. (Well, in some arbitrary unit we're calling "points" for the sake of argument.) Default: 20.
-
--columns integer -
At (approximately) what column to wrap lines. Default 80. Wrapping is done by pixels, not characters, and lines will always wrap at the edge of the screen regardless.
-
--left | --center | --right -
Whether to align the text flush left, centered, or flush right. The default is to choose randomly each time a new screen of text is displayed.
-
--lines integer -
How many lines of text should be shown at once. Default 8.
-
--speed ratio -
Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0 to go twice as fast.
-
--delay usecs -
The delay between frames of the animation; default is 10000 (1/10th second.)
-
--font font-name -
The name of the font to use. For best effect, this should be a large font (at least 36 points.) The bigger the font, the better looking the characters will be. Note that the size of this font affects only the clarity of the characters, not their size on the screen: for that, use the --size or --columns options.
Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
-
--fps -
Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
Environment
-
XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
-
XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW -
The window ID to use with --root.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.
--center since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--columns since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--font since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--install since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--left since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--lines since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--program since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--right since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--size since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-center until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-columns until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-font until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-install until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-left until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-lines until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-program until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-right until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-size until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).