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.TH XScreenSaver 1 "13-aug-92" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B noseguy
[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
[\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
[\-background \fIcolor\fP]
[\-text-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
[\-text-background \fIcolor\fP]
[\-font \fIfont\fP]
[\-window]
[\-root]
[\-install]
[\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
[\-mode \fImode\fP]
[\-program \fIprogram\fP]
[\-filename \fIfile\fP]
[\-text \fItext\fP]
[\-fps]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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 \fIxnlock\fP
program.
.SH OPTIONS
.I noseguy
accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B \-window
Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
.TP 8
.B \-root
Draw on the root window.
.TP 8
.B \-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
.TP 8
.B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
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.
.TP 8
.B \-font \fIfont\fP
The font used for the messages.
.TP 8
.B \-program \fIprogram\fP
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
.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.
.TP 8
.B \-filename \fIfile\fP
If \fImode\fP is \fIfile\fP, then the contents of this file will be used
for all messages.
.TP 8
.B \-text \fIstring\fP
If \fImode\fP is \fIstring\fP, then this text will be used for all messages.
.TP 8
.B \-fps
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
.TP 8
.B DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
.TP 8
.B XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR X (1),
.BR xscreensaver (1),
.BR xscreensaver-text (1),
.BR xnlock (1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.
.SH AUTHOR
Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.

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