1fliptext(6x) XScreenSaver manual fliptext(6x)
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6 fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around
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9 fliptext [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--win‐
10 dow-id number] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--program com‐
11 mand] [--size integer ] [--columns integer] [--left | --center |
12 --right] [--lines integer] [--speed float] [--delay usecs] [--font
13 xlfd] [--wireframe] [--fps]
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16 The fliptext program runs another program to generate a stream of text,
17 then animates the lines of that text transparently flipping in and out
18 in 3D.
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21 fliptext accepts the following options:
22 --window
24 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
25 --root Draw on the root window.
27 --window-id number
29 Draw on the specified window.
30 --install
32 Install a private colormap for the window.
33 --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
37 visual.
38 --program sh-command
40 This program will be run periodically, and its output will be
41 the text that is displayed. Default xscreensaver-text.
42 You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab
44 of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver
45 file.
46 --size integer
48 How large a font to use, in points. (Well, in some arbitrary
49 unit we're calling "points" for the sake of argument.) De‐
50 fault: 20.
51 --columns integer
53 At (approximately) what column to wrap lines. Default 80.
54 Wrapping is done by pixels, not characters, and lines will al‐
55 ways wrap at the edge of the screen regardless.
56 --left | --center | --right
58 Whether to align the text flush left, centered, or flush right.
59 The default is to choose randomly each time a new screen of
60 text is displayed.
61 --lines integer
63 How many lines of text should be shown at once. Default 8.
64 --speed ratio
66 Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0 to go
67 twice as fast.
68 --delay usecs
70 The delay between frames of the animation; default is 10000
71 (1/10th second.)
72 --font font-name
74 The name of the font to use. For best effect, this should be a
75 large font (at least 36 points.) The bigger the font, the bet‐
76 ter looking the characters will be. Note that the size of this
77 font affects only the clarity of the characters, not their size
78 on the screen: for that, use the --size or --columns options.
79 Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
81 --fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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85 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
86 XENVIRONMENT
88 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
89 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
90 XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
92 The window ID to use with --root.
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95 xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(6x), fortune(1), phosphor(6x), ap‐
96 ple2(6x), fontglide(6x), ljlatest(6x), dadadodo(1), webcollage(6x),
97 driftnet(1) EtherPEG, EtherPeek
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100 Copyright © 2005 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
101 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
102 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
103 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
104 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
105 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
106 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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109 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
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