1xscreensaver-text(1) XScreenSaver manual xscreensaver-text(1)
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6 xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen
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10 xscreensaver-text [--verbose] [--columns N] [--text STRING] [--file
11 PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL]
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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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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
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31 --string STRING
32 Print the given string. It may contain % escape sequences as
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35 --file PATH
36 Print the contents of the given file. If --cols is specified,
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39 --program CMD
40 Run the given program and print its output. If --cols is spec‐
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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
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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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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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78 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.
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