1XTEDDY(6)                        Games Manual                        XTEDDY(6)
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NAME

6       xteddy - cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.
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SYNOPSIS

9       xteddy [ -wm -float -noquit -nocursor -F<file> ]
10       [ -geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y -display SERVER ]
11       [ -h --help -v ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Xteddy is a cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.
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16       Normally, xteddy just sits around doing nothing. After all, that's what
17       teddy bears are for. Look at him, talk to him, place heavy  windows  on
18       top of him, zap him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like; he
19       will always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.
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21       You can move xteddy with the mouse by pointing at him and dragging  him
22       around.  When clicked upon, he will pop up on top of all other windows.
23       If you type "q" or "Esc" on him, he will exit (or, as I like  to  think
24       of it, be tucked away in the file system until you need him next time).
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26       That's it. But he's cute.
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OPTIONS

29       -wm    Use the window manager. Normally, xteddy sets the override_redi‐
30              rect flag for his window, which will cause most window  managers
31              to ignore him. However, some window managers might have problems
32              coping with a window that is nailed directly to  the  root.   In
33              that  case,  use  this option. If possible, instruct your window
34              manager not to put any title bar or window frame on the  window,
35              or xteddy will lose some of his charm.
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37       -float Float  up  on  top of overlapping windows. This will make xteddy
38              stay in sight at all times, so you won't lose him. However, this
39              is  a bit intrusive and quite unlike a real teddy bear, so it is
40              not the default action.
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42       -noquit
43              Disable the "quit" command (do not quit when typing "q"  in  the
44              window,  but of course still on explicit window kills or process
45              kills).  This might seem an unnecessary option, but if  you  use
46              the  -wm option Xteddy might keep receiving keyboard events even
47              after the mouse has left his window. I you use the -wm option in
48              conjunction with a click-to-type window manager, you would prob‐
49              ably want to include this option.
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51       -nocursor
52              Disable the X11 cursor over the xteddy window.
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54       -F,-f  < file > Display another image instead of xteddy.  file  can  be
55              the full name of an image file which reasonably should contain a
56              transparent background.  If there is no such file in the current
57              working   directory   xteddy   searches  in  $(installation_pre‐
58              fix)/share/xteddy, where $(installation_prefix) is determined at
59              compile  time  (for  instance  /usr/X11R6).   If  this  fails by
60              default   /usr/share/xteddy   is   searched.    Failing    this,
61              /usr/local/share/xteddy  is  searched.  If there is no such file
62              in these directories the following appendixes where appended  to
63              the  given  name:  xpm, png, tif, jpg, jpeg, gif and pnm.  These
64              files will be searched in the three directories.  If  all  files
65              the  last  try  is to append the extensions in upper cases. '-F'
66              and '-f' are  equivalent,  and  the  space  in  '-f  <file>'  is
67              optional.
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69       If  no  `-F` parameter is given file equals to xteddy or more precisely
70       to the name of the calling program.  For instance if there is a symlink
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72              ln -s xteddy xpenguin
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74       then file equals to xpenguin and the appropriate pixmaps with the  name
75       xpenguin are searched for.
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77       -geometry
78              The  standard  X  geometry  specification. Only X and Y position
79              requests are honored. Any height and width  specifications  will
80              be ignored.
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82       -display
83              Specify an X server other than the local display.
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85       -h, --help
86              Print a help message and exit.
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88       -v     Print the version number and exit.
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BEARS

91       The  cast  of  characters  is  currently:  teddy  xalex xbobo   xbrummi
92       xcherubino  xduck  xhedgehog   xklitze  xnamu   xorca  xpenguin  xpuppy
93       xruessel xteddy xtrouble.png xtrouble_large xtuxxy.
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AUTHOR

96       Stefan  Gustavson,  ISY-LiTH (stegu@itn.liu.se).  Xteddy is distributed
97       under the GNU General Public License.
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BUGS

100       The Desktop Manager in Sun CDE (Common Desktop  Environment)  does  not
101       like  xteddy. Xteddy by default does not use the window manager, and so
102       he shows up as a sticky window on all desktops. If you don't like this,
103       and  try  to circumvent it by running him with the -wm option, move him
104       by grabbing him by the tummy instead of by the title bar, and then move
105       him  partly  off the screen, the image is lost and never redrawn again,
106       so all you see is a silhouette of a teddy bear.  I  have  no  idea  why
107       this  happens.  If  you  know,  please  tell me, and if you can fix it,
108       please do. If you run CDE on other platforms than Sun, please  tell  me
109       if  it  works  for you. CDE does something which xteddy does not handle
110       properly, and since I have a Sun with CDE myself I would like  to  know
111       what the problem is.
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113       For  most X servers, the -float option does not work properly if xteddy
114       is moved partially off the screen. This is the X  server's  fault,  not
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117       If  two  copies of xteddy are placed so they overlap, and both were run
118       with the -float option, the X server will try to put each on top of the
119       other  in  an endless loop, which looks very bad and takes a lot of CPU
120       power.
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122       Xteddy does not make use of the X resource database. I just didn't  get
123       around to that.
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125       Please  send  bug reports, fixes, suggestions, fan mail or or hacks to:
126       stegu@itn.liu.se.
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