10-07-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by google
Looking at the member list, there are alot of interesting names, some unique, some bizarre, and some that are just plain. How did you come by your name? Why did you choose your label?
Mine comes from the Pixies song,
Velouria
Why did I choose it? Well it seemed a good name at the time. Alas, I've found it's as common as muck out on the intarweb
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XEYES(1) General Commands Manual XEYES(1)
NAME
xeyes - a follow the mouse X demo
SYNOPSIS
xeyes [-option ...]
DESCRIPTION
Xeyes watches what you do and reports to the Boss.
OPTIONS
-fg foreground color
choose a different color for the pupil of the eyes.
-bg background color
choose a different color for the background.
-outline outline color
choose a different color for the outline of the eyes.
-center center color
choose a different color for the center of the eyes.
-backing { WhenMapped Always NotUseful }
selects an appropriate level of backing store.
-geometry geometry
define the initial window geometry; see X(7).
-display display
specify the display to use; see X(7).
-bd border color
choose a different color for the window border.
-bw border width
choose a different width for the window border.
-shape uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window. This is the default.
+shape Disables uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window.
SEE ALSO
X(7), X Toolkit documentation
See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
Copied from the NeWS version written (apparently) by Jeremy Huxtable as seen at SIGGRAPH '88
X Version 11 xeyes 1.0.1 XEYES(1)