NAME

       xrootconsole — display a file (or stdin) to a transparent window

SYNOPSIS

       xrootconsole [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       xrootconsole  is  a  small utility which displays its input in a transparent text box on X's root window.
       It will read from any file listed on the command line or, by default, from stdin.  It is most useful when
       it reads from a FIFO; this allows you to redirect multiple commands to the FIFO and monitor their output.

       The options are as follows:

       -fg color   This option specifies the color to use for displaying text.  The default is “black.”

       -bg color   This option specifies the color to AND with the root window, for  shaded  transparency.   The
                   default is “clear.”

       -bw number  This  option specifies the width of the border around xrootconsole in pixels.  The default is
                   0.

       -bd color   This option specifies the color to use for the border of the window.  The default is “black.”

       -fn font    This option specifies the font to use for displaying text.  The default is “fixed.”

       -c number   This option produces output that is number columns wide.  Text  is  written  vertically  down
                   each column in the order in which text is received from the input file.  The default is 1.

       --topdown   Forces  xrootconsole  to display new lines from its input at the top of the screen, scrolling
                   previous lines down.  Default behavior is to insert new lines at the bottom  and  scroll  the
                   previous lines up.

       --wrap      Rather than truncating long lines, this option specifies that xrootconsole should wrap excess
                   text to the following line or lines, as necessary.

       --ansi-color
                   Enable color support by parsing ANSI escape sequences.

       -geometry geometry
                   This  option  specifies the preferred size and position of the window; see X(1).  The default
                   is “80x10+0+0.”

       -h, --help  Displays a detailed usage message and exits.

       -v, --version
                   Displays the program version and exits.

       file        Optionally specifies a file from which to read input; by default, xrootconsole reads from the
                   standard input.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails for any reason.

AUTHORS

       Eric Youngblut is the original author of xrootconsole.   Bob  Galloway  ⟨bob@de-fac.to⟩  is  the  current
       maintainer.   Alexandre  Duret-Lutz  eliminated flicker by storing the background pixmap and drawing off-
       screen.  This manual page was written by Zak Johnson ⟨zakj@i.am⟩.

Debian                                            May 19, 2000                                   XROOTCONSOLE(1)