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noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty
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[\-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 \file\fP] [\-text \fItext\fP]
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[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
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[\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
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[\-background \fIcolor\fP]
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[\-text-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
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[\-text-background \fIcolor\fP]
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[\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
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[\-program \fIprogram\fP]
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[\-filename \fIfile\fP]
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A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages to
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the screen. This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the \fIxnlock\fP
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.B \-font \fIfont\fP
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The font used for the messages.
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.B \-mode [ program | file | string ]
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In \fIprogram\fP mode, the messages are gotten by running a program.
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The program used is controlled by the \fI\-program\fP option, and
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the \fI.program\fP resource.
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In \fIfilename\fP mode, the message used is the contents of a file.
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The file used is controlled by the \fI\-file\fP option, and
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the \fI.filename\fP resource.
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In \fIstring\fP mode, the message is whatever was specified on the
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command line as the \fI\-text\fP option, or in the resource database
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as the \fI.text\fP resource.
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.B \-program \fIprogram\fP
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If \fImode\fP is \fIprogram\fP (the default), then this program will be
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run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages. The
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default program is \fI"fortune -s"\fP, but \fIyow\fP is also a good choice.
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This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text
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of the messages. Default:
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xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -15
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You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab of
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.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
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or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.
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.B \-filename \fIfile\fP
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If \fImode\fP is \fIfile\fP, then the contents of this file will be used