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diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver-text.man b/driver/xscreensaver-text.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dcedc3b --- /dev/null +++ b/driver/xscreensaver-text.man @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "20-Mar-2005 (4.21)" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +xscreensaver\-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen savers. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B xscreensaver\-text +[\--verbose] +[\--columns \fIN\fP] +[\--text \fISTRING\fP] +[\--file \fIPATH\fP] +[\--program \fICMD\fP] +[\--url \fIURL\fP] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fIxscreensaver\-text\fP script prints out some text for use by +various screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver +file. This may dump the contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL. +.SH OPTIONS +.I xscreensaver\-text +accepts the following options: +.TP 8 +.B \-\-columns \fIN\fP or \-\-cols \fIN\fP +Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns. +.TP 8 +.B \-\-verbose \fRor\fP \-v +Print diagnostics to stderr. Multiple \fI-v\fP switches increase the +amount of output. +.PP +Command line options may be used to override the settings in the +~/.xscreensaver file: +.TP 8 +.B \-\-string \fISTRING\fP +Print the given string. It may contain % escape sequences as per +.BR strftime (2). +.TP 8 +.B \-\-file \fIPATH\fP +Print the contents of the given file. If --cols is specified, re-wrap +the lines; otherwise, print them as-is. +.TP 8 +.B \-\-program \fICMD\fP +Run the given program and print its output. If --cols is specified, +re-wrap the output. +.TP 8 +.B \-\-url \fIHTTP-URL\fP +Download and print the contents of the HTTP document. If it contains +HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted to plain-text. + +Note: this re-downloads the document every time it is run! It might +be considered abusive for you to point this at a web server that you +do not control! +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.PP +.TP 4 +.B HTTP_PROXY\fR or \fPhttp_proxy +to get the default HTTP proxy host and port. +.SH BUGS +The RSS and Atom output is always ISO-8859-1, regardless of locale. + +URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires". +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1), +.BR xscreensaver (1), +.BR fortune (1), +.BR phosphor (MANSUFFIX), +.BR apple2 (MANSUFFIX), +.BR starwars (MANSUFFIX), +.BR fontglide (MANSUFFIX), +.BR dadadodo (1), +.BR webcollage (MANSUFFIX), +.RS 0 +.I http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml, +.RS 0 +.I https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss, +.RS 0 +.BR driftnet (1), +.BR EtherPEG , +.BR EtherPeek +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 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. +.SH AUTHOR +Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005. |