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] [-visual vis‐
10       ual] [-delay microseconds] [-program command] [-size integer  ]  [-col‐
11       umns  integer]  [-left  |  -center  |  -right] [-lines integer] [-speed
12       float] [-delay usecs] [-font xlfd] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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DESCRIPTION

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

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

80       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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82       XENVIRONMENT
83               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
84               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

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

101       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
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