xscreensaver-text(1) XScreenSaver manual xscreensaver-text(1)
NAME
xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen
savers.
SYNOPSIS
xscreensaver-text [--verbose] [--columns N] [--text STRING] [--file
PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL]
DESCRIPTION
The xscreensaver-text script prints out some text for use by various
screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver file.
This may dump the contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL.
OPTIONS
xscreensaver-text accepts the following options:
--columns N or --cols N
Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns.
--verbose or -v
Print diagnostics to stderr. Multiple -v switches increase the
amount of output.
Command line options may be used to override the settings in the
~/.xscreensaver file:
--string STRING
Print the given string. It may contain % escape sequences as
per strftime(2).
--file PATH
Print the contents of the given file. If --cols is specified,
re-wrap the lines; otherwise, print them as-is.
--program CMD
Run the given program and print its output. If --cols is spec-
ified, re-wrap the output.
--url HTTP-URL
Download and print the contents of the HTTP document. If it
contains HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted to plain-
text.
Note: this re-downloads the document every time it is run! It
might be considered abusive for you to point this at a web
server that you do not control!
ENVIRONMENT
HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy
to get the default HTTP proxy host and port.
BUGS
The RSS and Atom output is always ISO-8859-1, regardless of locale.
URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires".
SEE ALSO
xscreensaver-demo(1), xscreensaver(1), fortune(1), phosphor(1), ap-
ple2(1), starwars(1), fontglide(1), dadadodo(1), webcollage(1),
http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml,
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss,
driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005 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>, 20-Mar-2005.
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