Ubuntu Manpage: fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around

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NAME

       fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around

SYNOPSIS

       fliptext  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number] [--visual visual]
       [--delay microseconds] [--program command] [--size integer ] [--columns integer]  [--left  |  --center  |
       --right] [--lines integer] [--speed float] [--delay usecs] [--font xlfd] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

fliptext accepts the following options:

--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root Draw on the root window.

--window-id number
Draw on the specified 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-settings(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.

ENVIRONMENT

       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_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

COPYRIGHT

       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.

AUTHOR

       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>

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