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yeahconsole

YEAHCONSOLE(1)							  [FIXME: manual]						    YEAHCONSOLE(1)

NAME

       yeahconsole - drop-down X terminal emulator wrapper

SYNOPSIS

       yeahconsole [-h] [-e command]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the yeahconsole command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       yeahconsole is a wrapper for X terminal emulators that provide a drop-down terminal embedding other terminal emulators

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below. Any other argument is passed to the X terminal emulator.

       -h
	   Show summary of options and supported xresources.

       -e command
	   command will be run in the X terminal emulator used. If specified this must be the last option since everything after the -e will be
	   interpreted as the command.

RESOURCES

       The resources from the embedded X terminal emulator will be used and are documented in the corresponding manpage for your X terminal
       emulator. The specific resources for yeahconsole follow:

       restart
	   0 or 1, 1 should restart the terminal. Default is 0.

       term
	   terminal to use, valid values: urxvt, urxvtc, xterm. Default is xterm.

       screenWidth
	   width of the terminal. Default is the display width.

       consoleHeight
	   number of lines of the console. Default is 10.

       xOffset
	   x position. Default is set to 0.

       aniDelay
	   delay for the slide animation. Default is 40.

       stepSize
	   step size in pixels for the animation 0 will disable the animation. Default is set 1.

       handleWidth
	   width for the resize handle. Default is 3.

       handleColor
	   color for the resize handle. Default is grey70.

       toggleKey
	   key combo that toggles yeahconsole. Default is ControlAlt+y.

       keyBigger
	   increase height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP_Add.

       keySmaller
	   decrease height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP_Subtract.

       keyFull
	   toggle fullscreen mode. Default is Alt+F11.

SEE ALSO

       xterm (1), rxvt (1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Damian Viano debian@damianv.com.ar for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted
       to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by
       the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 Damian Viano

[FIXME: source] 						  April 15, 2006						    YEAHCONSOLE(1)