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] [-background
10       color] [-text-foreground color] [-text-background color]  [-font  font]
11       [-window]  [-root]  [-install]  [-visual visual] [-mode mode] [-program
12       program] [-filename file] [-text text]
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DESCRIPTION

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

20       noseguy 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       -font font
35               The font used for the messages.
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37       -program program
38               This program will be run periodically, and its output  will  be
39               the text of the messages.  Default:
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41                   xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15
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43               You  can  configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab
44               of xscreensaver-demo(1), or  by  editing  your  ~/.xscreensaver
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47       -filename file
48               If  mode  is  file, then the contents of this file will be used
49               for all messages.
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51       -text string
52               If mode is string, then this text will be  used  for  all  mes‐
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ENVIRONMENT

56       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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59               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
60               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

63       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(1), xnlock(1)
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66       Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.
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AUTHOR

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