unicode(6x)

unicode6x

Displays unicode characters

Usage

unicode [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-fps] [-delay seconds] [-font font] [-foreground color] [-background color]

Overview

unicode-screensaver is a simple screensaver application that repeatedly randomly picks an unicode character and displays it in a very large font size together with its unicode code point and the character name.

Options

-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.

-window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

-root

Draw on the root window.

-fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

-delay

Specify the delay in seconds before switching to a new character. Defaults to seven seconds.

-font

Try the given font in addition to the built-in fonts (Open Symbol, and FreeSans).

-background

Set the background color (e.g. black, white, green, red). The default is white.

-foreground

Set the font color (e.g. black, white, green, red). The default is black.

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7–8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11–13

-delay since Debian 9 (Stretch); -font since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Author

Joachim Breitner

From unicode-screensaver 0.5.2-6 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.