1gltext(6x) XScreenSaver manual gltext(6x)
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6 gltext - draws text spinning around in 3D
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9 gltext [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-visual vis‐
10 ual] [-delay microseconds] [-text string] [-program command] [-wander]
11 [-no-wander] [-spin axes] [-no-spin] [-front] [-no-front] [-wireframe]
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15 The gltext program draws some text spinning around in 3D, using a font
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19 gltext accepts the following options:
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21 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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23 -root Draw on the root window.
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25 -install
26 Install a private colormap for the window.
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29 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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34 The text to display. This may contain newlines, but it
35 shouldn't be very long. The default is to display the machine
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39 strftime(3), in which case, it will be updated once a second.
40 So to make this program display a spinning digital clock, you
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43 gltext -text "%A%n%d %b %Y%n%l:%M:%S %p"
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49 -program command
50 The given program is run, and its output is displayed. If
51 specified, this overrides -text. The output of this program
52 will be repeatedely displayed, with new pages of text shifting
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60 Set the number of lines of text to display. By default, gltext
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63 signed to work with a fairly small amount of text, so setting
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68 -mono Display the text in a monospace font. Default is a variable-
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72 Display the text in a variable-width font. This is the de‐
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78 Keep the text centered on the screen.
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81 Sets the speed at which the text wanders around. Default is
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90 Don't spin the text at all: the same as -spin "".
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92 -front When spinning, never spin all the way around or upside down:
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96 Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down. This is
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100 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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112 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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119 Copyright © 2001-2014 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod‐
120 ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
121 purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy‐
122 right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
123 and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep‐
124 resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
125 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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128 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
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