14 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "25-Jul-98" "X Version 11"
16 gltext - draws text spinning around in 3D
19 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root]
20 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP]
22 [\-program \fIcommand\fP]
23 [\-wander] [\-no-wander]
26 [\-front] [\-no\-front]
30 The \fIgltext\fP program draws some text spinning around in 3D, using
31 a font that appears to be made of solid tubes.
34 accepts the following options:
37 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
40 Draw on the root window.
43 Install a private colormap for the window.
45 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP\fP
46 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
47 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
49 .B \-text \fIstring\fP
50 The text to display. This may contain newlines, but it shouldn't be
51 very long. The default is to display the machine name and OS version.
53 This may also be a format string acceptable to
57 in which case, it will be updated once a second. So to make this
58 program display a spinning digital clock, you could do this:
60 gltext -text "%A%n%d %b %Y%n%l:%M:%S %p"
62 To include a literal `%', you must double it: `%%'.
68 .B \-program \fIcommand\fP
69 The given program is run, and its output is displayed.
70 If specified, this overrides \fI\-text\fP.
71 The output of this program will be repeatedely displayed, with new
72 pages of text shifting in every few seconds. Lines should be relatively
75 -program 'xscreensaver-text --cols 20'
79 Set the number of lines of text to display. By default,
81 will print 8 lines of text at a time. Use this option to increase or
82 decrease that number. Be aware that
84 is designed to work with a fairly small amount of text, so setting this
85 value too high might result in slow performance or strange behaviour
86 stemming from buffer overflows. Increase at your own risk.
89 Display the text in a monospace font. Default is a variable-width font.
92 Display the text in a variable-width font. This is the default.
95 Move the text around the screen. This is the default.
98 Keep the text centered on the screen.
101 Sets the speed at which the text wanders around. Default is 0.02.
104 Which axes around which the text should spin. The default is "XYZ",
105 meaning rotate it freely in space. "\fB\-spin Z\fP" would rotate the
106 text in the plane of the screen while not rotating it into or out
110 Don't spin the text at all: the same as \fB\-spin ""\fP.
113 When spinning, never spin all the way around or upside down:
114 always face mostly forward so that the text is easily readable.
117 Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down. This is the default.
120 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
123 Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
126 Sets the scale at which the text is rendered. Bigger values will result
127 in bigger text; smaller values will result in smaller text. The default
133 to get the default host and display number.
136 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
137 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
141 .BR xscreensaver-text (1)
143 Copyright \(co 2001-2014 by Jamie Zawinski.
144 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
145 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
146 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
147 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
148 supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
149 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
150 without express or implied warranty.
152 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>