DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
noseguy1
A little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
Usage
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
le]
[-text
text]
Overview
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 -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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-root -
Draw on the root window.
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-install -
Install a private colormap for the window.
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-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 running 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 specified on the command line as the -text option, or in the resource database as the .text resource.
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-program program -
If mode is program (the default), then this program 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.
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-filename file -
If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used for all messages.
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-text string -
If mode is string, then this text will be used for all messages.
Environment
-
XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
Releases
4 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.