NAME

       memscroller - scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen

SYNOPSIS

       memscroller  [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install]
       [--visual visual] [--font font] [--delay int] [--mono | -color]  [--ram  |  -random  |  --filename  file]
       [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The  memscroller  program  scrolls a dump of its own process memory across the screen in three windows at
       three different rates.

OPTIONS

       memscroller 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.

       --color Render each three bytes of memory as R, G, B.  This is the default.

       --mono  Render each byte of memory in shades of green.

       --ram   Read from the process's address space.  This is the default.

       --random
               Instead of reading from memory, generate random numbers.

       --filename file
               Instead of reading from memory, read from the given file until EOF, then re-open it.  If you have
               permission,  /dev/mem  is  an  interesting  choice here.  (Note that /dev/null won't ever display
               anything, because it returns EOF without ever returning any data.)

       --delay microseconds
               How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.  Default 10000.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  © 2004 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>, 14-Aug-2004.

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