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 specified, 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), apple2(1), starwars(1), fontglide(1), dadadodo(1), webcollage(1),
       http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml,
       http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.atom,
       driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  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>, 20-Mar-2005.

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