1fliptext(6x)                  XScreenSaver manual                 fliptext(6x)
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NAME

6       fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around
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SYNOPSIS

9       fliptext  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--window] [--root] [--win‐
10       dow-id number] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--program com‐
11       mand]  [--size  integer  ]  [--columns  integer]  [--left  | --center |
12       --right] [--lines integer]  [--speed  float]  [--delay  usecs]  [--font
13       xlfd] [--wireframe] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The fliptext program runs another program to generate a stream of text,
17       then animates the lines of that text transparently flipping in and  out
18       in 3D.
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OPTIONS

21       fliptext accepts the following options:
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23       --window
24               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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26       --root  Draw on the root window.
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28       --window-id number
29               Draw on the specified window.
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31       --install
32               Install a private colormap for the window.
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34       --visual visual
35               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
36               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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39       --program sh-command
40               This  program  will be run periodically, and its output will be
41               the text that is displayed.  Default xscreensaver-text.
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43               You can configure the text printed through the  "Advanced"  tab
44               of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver
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47       --size integer
48               How large a font to use, in points.  (Well, in  some  arbitrary
49               unit  we're  calling  "points"  for the sake of argument.)  De‐
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52       --columns integer
53               At (approximately) what column  to  wrap  lines.   Default  80.
54               Wrapping  is done by pixels, not characters, and lines will al‐
55               ways wrap at the edge of the screen regardless.
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57       --left | --center | --right
58               Whether to align the text flush left, centered, or flush right.
59               The  default  is  to  choose randomly each time a new screen of
60               text is displayed.
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62       --lines integer
63               How many lines of text should be shown at once.  Default 8.
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65       --speed ratio
66               Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0  to  go
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69       --delay usecs
70               The  delay  between  frames  of the animation; default is 10000
71               (1/10th second.)
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73       --font font-name
74               The name of the font to use.  For best effect, this should be a
75               large font (at least 36 points.)  The bigger the font, the bet‐
76               ter looking the characters will be.  Note that the size of this
77               font affects only the clarity of the characters, not their size
78               on the screen: for that, use the --size or --columns options.
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80               Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
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82       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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ENVIRONMENT

85       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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87       XENVIRONMENT
88               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
89               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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91       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
92               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

95       xscreensaver(1),  xscreensaver-text(6x),  fortune(1), phosphor(6x), ap‐
96       ple2(6x),  fontglide(6x),  ljlatest(6x),  dadadodo(1),  webcollage(6x),
97       driftnet(1) EtherPEG, EtherPeek
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100       Copyright  ©  2005 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
101       distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for  any  pur‐
102       pose  is  hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
103       notice appear in all copies and that both  that  copyright  notice  and
104       this  permission  notice appear in supporting documentation.  No repre‐
105       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
106       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

109       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
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