1noseguy(6x) XScreenSaver manual noseguy(6x)
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6 noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
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9 noseguy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10 color] [-text-foreground color] [-text-background color] [-font font]
11 [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-mode mode] [-program
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15 A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages
16 to the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the
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20 noseguy accepts the following options:
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22 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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24 -root Draw on the root window.
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26 -install
27 Install a private colormap for the window.
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30 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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35 The font used for the messages.
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38 This program will be run periodically, and its output will be
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41 xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15
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43 You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab
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48 If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used
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55 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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65 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(1), xnlock(1)
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68 Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.
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71 Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.
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73 Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
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