xteddy1

Usage

Overview

Xteddy is a cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.

Normally, xteddy just sits around doing nothing. After all, that's what teddy bears are for. Look at him, talk to him, place heavy windows on top of him, zap him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like; he will always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.

You can move xteddy with the mouse by pointing at him and dragging him around. When clicked upon, he will pop up on top of all other windows. If you type "q" on him, he will die (or, as I like to think of it, be tucked away in the file system until you need him next time).

That's it. But he's cute.

Options

-wm

Use the window manager. Normally, xteddy sets the override_redirect flag for his window, which will cause most window managers to ignore him. However, some window managers might have problems coping with a window that is nailed directly to the root. In that case, use this option. If possible, instruct your window manager not to put any title bar or window frame on the window, or xteddy will lose some of his charm.

-float

Float up on top of overlapping windows. This will make xteddy stay in sight at all times, so you won't lose him. However, this is a bit intrusive and quite unlike a real teddy bear, so it is not the default action.

-noquit

Disable the "quit" command (do not quit when typing "q" in the window, but of course still on explicit window kills or process kills). This might seem an unnecessary option, but if you use the -wm option Xteddy might keep receiving keyboard events even after the mouse has left his window. I you use the -wm option in conjunction with a click-to-type window manager, you would probably want to include this option.

-F

< file > Display another image instead of xteddy. file can be the full name of an image file which reasonably should contain a transparent background. If there is no such file in the current working directory xteddy searches in $(installation_prefix)/share/xteddy, where $(installation_prefix) is determined at compile time (for instance /usr/X11R6). If this fails by default /usr/share/xteddy is searched. If there is no such file in these directories the following appendixes where appended to the given name: xpm, png, tif, jpg, jpeg, gif and pnm. These files will be searched in the three directories. If all files the last try is to append the extensions in upper cases.

If no `-F` parameter is given file equals to xteddy or more precisely to the name of the calling program. For instance if there is a symlink

then file equals to xpenguin and the appropriate pixmaps with the name xpenguin are searched for.

-geometry

The standard X geometry specification. Only X and Y position requests are honored. Any height and width specifications will be ignored.

-display

Specify an X server other than the local display.