1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "20-Mar-2005" "X Version 11"
3 fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root]
7 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
8 [\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP]
9 [\-program \fIcommand\fP]
10 [\-size \fIinteger\fP ]
11 [\-columns \fIinteger\fP]
12 [\-left | \-center | \-right]
13 [\-lines \fIinteger\fP]
20 The \fIfliptext\fP program runs another program to generate a stream of
21 text, then animates the lines of that text transparently flipping in
25 accepts the following options:
28 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
31 Draw on the root window.
34 Install a private colormap for the window.
36 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP\fP
37 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
38 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
40 .B \-program \fIsh-command\fP
41 This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text
42 that is displayed. Default \fIxscreensaver\-text\fP.
44 You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of
45 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
46 or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.
48 .B \-size \fIinteger\fP
49 How large a font to use, in points. (Well, in some arbitrary unit
50 we're calling "points" for the sake of argument.) Default: 20.
52 .B \-columns \fIinteger\fP
53 At (approximately) what column to wrap lines. Default 80. Wrapping is
54 done by pixels, not characters, and lines will always wrap at the
55 edge of the screen regardless.
57 .B \-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 text
62 .B \-lines \fIinteger\fP
63 How many lines of text should be shown at once. Default 8.
65 .B \-speed \fIratio\fP
66 Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0 to go twice as fast.
68 .B \-delay \fIusecs\fP
69 The delay between frames of the animation; default is 10000 (1/10th second.)
71 .B \-font \fIfont-name\fP
72 The name of the font to use. For best effect, this should be a large
73 font (at least 36 points.) The bigger the font, the better looking the
74 characters will be. Note that the size of this font affects only the
75 clarity of the characters, not their size on the screen: for that, use
76 the \fI\-size\fP or \fI\-columns\fP options.
78 Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
81 Display a running tally of how many frames per second are being rendered.
82 In conjunction with \fB\-delay 0\fP, this can be a useful benchmark of
88 to get the default host and display number.
91 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
92 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
95 .BR xscreensaver-text (1),
97 .BR phosphor (MANSUFFIX),
98 .BR apple2 (MANSUFFIX),
99 .BR fontglide (MANSUFFIX),
100 .BR ljlatest (MANSUFFIX),
102 .BR webcollage (MANSUFFIX),
107 Copyright \(co 2005 by Jamie Zawinski.
108 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
109 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
110 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
111 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
112 supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
113 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
114 without express or implied warranty.
116 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>