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6 dzen2 - general-purpose messaging and notification for X11
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9 dzen2 [-v] [-p [seconds]] [-m [v|h]] [-ta <l|c|r>] [-sa <l|c|r>]
10 [-x <pixel>] [-y <pixel>] [-w <pixel>] [-tw <pixel>] [-u]
11 [-e <string>] [-l <lines>] [-fn <font>] [-bg <color>]
12 [-fg <color>] [-xs <screen>]
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15 Dzen is a general-purpose messaging and notification program for X11,
16 desigend to be scriptable in any language and integrate well with win‐
17 dow managers like dwm, wmii and xmonad though it will work with any
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20 Dzen expects the status message on its standard input, and uses a cus‐
21 tom formatting language for colors and several other features (like bar
22 meters and such). See README for detailed usage and scripting instruc‐
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26 -fg <color>
27 Set foreground color. The <color> can be specified either as
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32 Set background color (same format as -fg).
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35 Set font (using the format of xlsfonts and xfontsel).
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38 Set alignement of title window content: l(eft), c(center) or
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48 Number of lines to display in slave window (see (1) in README).
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50 -e <event1=action1:option1:...,action2;event2=...>
51 Set up events and actions, eg. responses to mouse clicks (see
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54 -m Start up in menu mode (see (3) in README).
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56 -u Update contents of title and slave window simultaneously, see
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60 Persist EOF (optional timeout in seconds).
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75 Set the Xinerama screen number where dzen should appear.
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82 dzen2) is available in /usr/share/doc/dzen2/README.gz.
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86 Dzen2 has been written by Robert Manea. This manpage has been written,
87 based on dzen documentation, by Petr Ročkai, for Debian GNU/Linux, but
88 may be used by others. This manpage falls under the same licence as
89 Dzen2 itself, see /usr/share/doc/dzen2/copyright.
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