noseguy(6) XScreenSaver manual noseguy(6)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

noseguy [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--text-foreground color] [--text-background
color] [--font font] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--mode mode] [--program program]
[--filename file] [--text text] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

noseguy accepts the following options:

--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root Draw on the root window.

--window-id number
Draw on the specified window.

--install
Install a private colormap for the window.

--visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
visual.

--font font
The font used for the messages.

--program program
This program will be run periodically, and its output will be
the text of the messages. Default:

xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15

You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab
of xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your
~/.xscreensaver file.

--filename file
If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used
for all messages.

--text string
If mode is string, then this text will be used for all
messages.

--fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(6), xnlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.

AUTHOR

Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie
Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.

X Version 11 6.09 (07-Jun-2024) noseguy(6)