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

SYNOPSIS
       memscroller  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-window] [-root] [-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.

       -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  de-
               fault.

       -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 dis-
               play 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.

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  pur-
       pose  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 repre-
       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur-
       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Aug-2004.

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