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noseguy(6)                    XScreenSaver manual                   noseguy(6)


NAME

       noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty


SYNOPSIS

       noseguy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
       color] [-text-foreground color] [-text-background color] [-font font]
       [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-mode mode] [-program
       program] [-filename file] [-text text] [-fps]


DESCRIPTION

       A little man with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages
       to the screen.  This code (and its bitmaps) were extracted from the
       xnlock program.


OPTIONS

       noseguy accepts the following options:

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

       -root   Draw on the root 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.

       -font font
               The font used for the messages.

       -program program
               This program will be run periodically, and its output will be
               the text of the messages.  Default:

                   xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15

               You can configure the text printed through the "Advanced" tab
               of xscreensaver-demo(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver
               file.

       -filename file
               If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used
               for all messages.

       -text string
               If mode is string, then this text will be used for all
               messages.

       -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.


SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-text(1), xnlock(1)


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.


AUTHOR

       Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.

       Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.

X Version 11                  5.34 (24-Oct-2015)                    noseguy(6)

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