1xscreensaver-text(1)          XScreenSaver manual         xscreensaver-text(1)
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NAME

6       xscreensaver-text  -  prints  some  text  to  stdout, for use by screen
7       savers.
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SYNOPSIS

10       xscreensaver-text [--verbose] [--columns  N]  [--text  STRING]  [--file
11       PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  xscreensaver-text  script  prints out some text for use by various
15       screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver file.
16       This may dump the contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL.
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OPTIONS

19       xscreensaver-text accepts the following options:
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21       --columns N or --cols N
22               Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns.
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24       --verbose or -v
25               Print diagnostics to stderr.  Multiple -v switches increase the
26               amount of output.
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28       Command line options may be  used  to  override  the  settings  in  the
29       ~/.xscreensaver file:
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31       --string STRING
32               Print  the  given string.  It may contain % escape sequences as
33               per strftime(2).
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35       --file PATH
36               Print the contents of the given file.  If --cols is  specified,
37               re-wrap the lines; otherwise, print them as-is.
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39       --program CMD
40               Run the given program and print its output.  If --cols is spec‐
41               ified, re-wrap the output.
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43       --url HTTP-URL
44               Download and print the contents of the HTTP  document.   If  it
45               contains  HTML,  RSS,  or  Atom, it will be converted to plain-
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48               Note: this re-downloads the document every time it is run!   It
49               might  be  considered  abusive  for  you to point this at a web
50               server that you do not control!
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ENVIRONMENT

53       HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy
54           to get the default HTTP proxy host and port.
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BUGS

57       The RSS and Atom output is always ISO-8859-1, regardless of locale.
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59       URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires".
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SEE ALSO

62       xscreensaver-demo(1),   xscreensaver(1),    fortune(1),    phosphor(1),
63       apple2(1), starwars(1), fontglide(1), dadadodo(1), webcollage(1),
64       http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml,
65       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss,
66       driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek
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69       Copyright  ©  2005 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
70       distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for  any  pur‐
71       pose  is  hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
72       notice appear in all copies and that both  that  copyright  notice  and
73       this  permission  notice appear in supporting documentation.  No repre‐
74       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
75       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

78       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.
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