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noseguy6x
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]
[--window-id
number]
[--install]
[--visual
visual]
[--mode
mode]
[--program
program]
[--filename
file]
[--text
text]
[--fps]
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:
-
--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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--window-id number -
Draw on the specified 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.
-
--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.
-
--fps -
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
Environment
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XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW -
The window ID to use with --root.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.
--filename since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--font since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--install since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--program since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--text since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-filename until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-font until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-install until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-program until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-text until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).