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

6       noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
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SYNOPSIS

9       noseguy  [--display  host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back‐
10       ground  color]  [--text-foreground  color]  [--text-background   color]
11       [--font  font]  [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number] [--install]
12       [--visual visual] [--mode mode] [--program program]  [--filename  file]
13       [--text text] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

16       A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages
17       to the screen.  This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the xn‐
18       lock program.
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OPTIONS

21       noseguy 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       --font font
40               The font used for the messages.
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42       --program program
43               This  program  will be run periodically, and its output will be
44               the text of the messages.  Default:
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46                   xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15
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48               You can configure the text printed through the  "Advanced"  tab
49               of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver
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52       --filename file
53               If mode is file, then the contents of this file  will  be  used
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56       --text string
57               If  mode  is  string,  then this text will be used for all mes‐
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60       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

63       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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66               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
67               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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69       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
70               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

73       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(6x), xnlock(1)
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76       Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.
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AUTHOR

79       Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.
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81       Ability  to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
82       <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.
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