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osd_cat(1xosd) [suse man page]

XOSD(1xosd)															       XOSD(1xosd)

NAME

       osd_cat - X on-screen file displayer

SYNOPSIS

       osd_cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
       osd_cat -b percentage|slider [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       Display FILE, or standard input, on X screen.

       -p, --pos=POS
	      This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. POS can be top, middle, or bottom. The default is top.

       -o, --offset=OFFSET
	      This option specifies the offset from the top or bottom of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.

       -A, --align=ALIGN
	      This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. ALIGN can be left, right or center. The default is left.

       -i, --indent=OFFSET
	      This option specifies the INDENT from the left of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.

       -f, --font=FONT
	      This option specifies the FONT to be used for displaying the text. The default is fixed.

       -c, --color=COLOR
	      This option specifies the COLOR to be used for displaying the text. The default is red.

       -d, --delay=TIME
	      This option specifies the number of seconds the text is displayed. The default is 5 seconds.

       -l, --lines=LINES
	      This option specifies the number of LINES to scroll the display over. The default is 5.

       -s, --shadow=OFFSET
	      This option specifies the OFFSET of the text shadow. The default is 0, which means no text shadow is created.

       -a, --age[=SCROLL_AGE]
	      This  option  affects  screen  redrawing.  If SCROLL_AGE seconds pass before a new line is ready (for example, you're reading from a
	      pipe), all lines are cleared at once instead of being scrolled off as new lines replace old lines. The default is 0.
	      When no SCROLL_AGE is explicitly given, the current value from DELAY is used.

       -w, --wait
	      This option also affects screen redrawing. When there is data ready to be put on screen, this option  will  cause  osd_cat  to  wait
	      until the display is clear. An alternative to scrolling.

       -b, --barmode=TYPE
	      Lets  you  display a percentage or slider bar instead of just text.  TYPE may be percentage or slider.  In this mode no text is read
	      from any file, but the following options can be used:

       -P, --percentage=PERCENTAGE
	      This option specified the position of the percentage / slider bar.  PERCENTAGE may be in the range from 0 to 100, the default is 50.

       -T, --text=TEXT
	      This option specifies an optional TEXT which gets displayed above the percentage bar.  The default is empty, so no  additional  text
	      is displayed.

       -h, --help
	      display help (which is often more up to date) and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

       Martijn	van  de  Streek  <martijn@foodfight.org>,  Some  patching  done  by  Malcolm  Valentine  <farkit@iprimus.com.au>  and  Tim  Wright
       <tim@ignavus.net>.
       xosd was written by Andre Renaud <andre@ignavus.net> and is maintained by Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>

SEE ALSO

       More   information   on	 the   X   OSD	 Library   and	 its	author	  can	 be    found	on    http://www.ignavus.net/software.html
       <http://www.ignavus.net/software.html>

COPYRIGHT

       It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

X OSD cat							   January 2001 						       XOSD(1xosd)

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XAPM(1) 																   XAPM(1)

NAME

       xapm - display Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS information

SYNOPSIS

       xapm [ ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       xapm  puts up an X window that displays the remaining battery life.  The left side of the window contains a printed time or percentage; the
       right side of the window contains a bar indicating the percentage.  Clicking on the left side of the window will toggle the display between
       time and percentage.

OPTIONS AND RESOURCES

       In addition to standard Xt options, the following options are available:

       -V     Print the program version number and exit.

       -highcolor color
	      The color of the bar when the battery percentage is above highvalue.  Defaults to "green". (*highColor)

       -lowcolor color
	      The color of the bar when the battery percentage is between lowvalue and highvalue.  Defaults to "yellow". (*lowColor)

       -criticalcolor color
	      The  color  of  the  bar	when  the  battery percentage is below lowvalue.  Defaults to "red".  This color is also used to flash the
	      alphanumeric part of the display when the power status is critical. (*criticalCOlor)

       -highvalue highvalue
	      Set highvalue.  The default is 50. (*highValue)

       -lowvalue lowvalue
	      Set lowvalue.  The default is 10. (*lowValue)

       -chargingcolor color
	      The color of the printed display when charging.  The default is "blue".  Use -foreground to change the color used  when  on  battery
	      power. (*chargingColor)

       -delay delay
	      Sets the number of seconds delay between each update.  The default is 1. (*delay)

       -percent
	      Display percentage on startup, instead of time remaining. (*percent, boolean)

       -percentauto
	      Swap  automatically  between  displaying percentage and displaying the time remaining. When on ac power, display percentage, when on
	      battery power, display the time remaining.

BUGS

       There is no way to inhibit the alphanumeric display or the bar display.	When the battery percentage is low, using a bright color  to  warn
       you  of	impending  doom  may be futile because the bar is too short.  Because of the form widget's desire to maintain proportions, dynamic
       resizing of the window may not do what you want it to do.

FILES

       /proc/apm

AUTHOR

       This program was written by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) and may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General  Public  License.
       There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.  The current maintainer is Avery Pennarun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).

SEE ALSO

       apm(1), apmd(8).

								   January 2004 							   XAPM(1)
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