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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]

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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