fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip
around
fliptext [-display host:display.screen] [-window]
[-root] [-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-program
command] [-size integer ] [-columns integer] [-left |
-center | -right] [-lines integer] [-speed float] [-delay
usecs] [-font xlfd] [-wireframe] [-fps]
The fliptext program runs another program to generate a
stream of text, then animates the lines of that text transparently flipping
in and out in 3D.
fliptext accepts the following options:
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root 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.
- -program
sh-command
- This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text
that is displayed. Default xscreensaver-text.
You can configure the text printed through the
"Advanced" tab of xscreensaver-demo(1), or by editing
your ~/.xscreensaver file.
- -size
integer
- How large a font to use, in points. (Well, in some arbitrary unit we're
calling "points" for the sake of argument.) Default: 20.
- -columns
integer
- At (approximately) what column to wrap lines. Default 80. Wrapping is done
by pixels, not characters, and lines will always wrap at the edge of the
screen regardless.
- -left | -center |
-right
- Whether to align the text flush left, centered, or flush right. The
default is to choose randomly each time a new screen of text is
displayed.
- -lines
integer
- How many lines of text should be shown at once. Default 8.
- -speed
ratio
- Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0 to go twice as
fast.
- -delay
usecs
- The delay between frames of the animation; default is 10000 (1/10th
second.)
- -font
font-name
- The name of the font to use. For best effect, this should be a large font
(at least 36 points.) The bigger the font, the better looking the
characters will be. Note that the size of this font affects only the
clarity of the characters, not their size on the screen: for that, use the
-size or -columns options.
Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
- -fps
- Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
- 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(1), xscreensaver-text(1),
fortune(1), phosphor(6x), apple2(6x),
fontglide(6x), ljlatest(6x), dadadodo(1),
webcollage(6x), driftnet(1) EtherPEG,
EtherPeek
Copyright © 2005 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use,
copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are
made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty.
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>