2 A little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
6 $ noseguy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
7 [-background color] [-text-foreground color]
8 [-text-background color] [-font font] [-window] [-root]
9 [-mode mode] [-program program] [-filename \file] [-text text]
12 A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages to
13 the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the xnlock
17 noseguy accepts the following options:
20 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
23 Draw on the root window.
26 The font used for the messages.
28 -mode program | file | string
29 In program mode, the messages are gotten by running a program.
30 The program used is controlled by the -program option, and
31 the .program resource.
33 In filename mode, the message used is the contents of a file.
34 The file used is controlled by the -file option, and
35 the .filename resource.
37 In string mode, the message is whatever was specified on the
38 command line as the -text option, or in the resource database
39 as the .text resource.
42 If mode is program (the default), then this program will be
43 run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages. The
44 default program is "fortune -s", but yow is also a good choice.
47 If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used
51 If mode is string, then this text will be used for all messages.
56 to get the default host and display number.
59 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
60 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
63 Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@sun.com>.
66 Dan Heller <argv@sun.com>, 1985.
68 Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by
69 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@mcom.com>, 13-aug-92.