1 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] [-mode mode] [-program program] [-filename \file] [-text text] 2 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. 2 OPTIONS noseguy accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -font font The font used for the messages. -mode program | file | string In program mode, the messages are gotten by running a program. The program used is controlled by the -program option, and the .program resource. In filename mode, the message used is the contents of a file. The file used is controlled by the -file option, and the .filename resource. In string mode, the message is whatever was specified on the command line as the -text option, or in the resource database as the .text resource. -program " program" If mode is program (the default), then this program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages. The default program is "fortune -s", but yow is also a good choice. -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. 2 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. 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller . 2 AUTHOR Dan Heller , 1985. Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski , 13-aug-92.