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NAME

       gltext - draws text spinning around in 3D

SYNOPSIS

       gltext  [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-text string] [-program command] [-wander]
       [-no-wander] [-spin axes] [-no-spin] [-front] [-no-front] [-wireframe] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The gltext program draws some text spinning around in 3D, using a font that appears to be made of solid tubes.

OPTIONS

       gltext 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.

       -text string
	       The text to display.  This may contain newlines, but it shouldn't be very long.	The default is to display the machine name and	OS
	       version.

	       This  may  also	be  a format string acceptable to date(1) and strftime(3), in which case, it will be updated once a second.  So to
	       make this program display a spinning digital clock, you could do this:
	       gltext -text "%A%n%d %b %Y%n%l:%M:%S %p"
	       To include a literal `%', you must double it: `%%'.

	       See the man page for strftime(3) for more details.

       -program command
	       The given program is run, and its output is displayed.  If specified, this overrides -text.  The program will  be  re-run  every  5
	       seconds to re-generate the text.  It should run quickly, and shouldn't generate too much text.

       -wander Move the text around the screen.  This is the default.

       -no-wander
	       Keep the text centered on the screen.

       -spin   Which axes around which the text should spin.  The default is "XYZ", meaning rotate it freely in space.	"-spin Z" would rotate the
	       text in the plane of the screen while not rotating it into or out of the screen; etc.

       -no-spin
	       Don't spin the text at all: the same as -spin "".

       -front  When spinning, never spin all the way around or upside down: always face mostly forward so that the text is easily readable.

       -no-front
	       Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down.  This is the default.

       -wireframe
	       Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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 (C) 2001-2005 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its	documentation  for
       any  purpose  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 representations are made about the suitability of  this  software
       for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR

       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>

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