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XROOTCONSOLE(1)		    General Commands Manual	       XROOTCONSOLE(1)

NAME
       xrootconsole -- display a file (or stdin) to a transparent window

SYNOPSIS
       xrootconsole [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION
       xrootconsole is a small utility which displays its input	in a transpar-
       ent  text box on	X's root window.  It will read from any	file listed on
       the command line	or, by default,	from stdin.  It	is most	useful when it
       reads from a FIFO; this allows you to redirect multiple commands	to the
       FIFO and	monitor	their output.

       The options are as follows:

       -fg color   This	option specifies the color to use for displaying text.
		   The default is "black."

       -bg color   This	option specifies the color to AND with the  root  win-
		   dow,	for shaded transparency.  The default is "clear."

       -bw number  This	option specifies the width of the border around	xroot-
		   console in pixels.  The default is 0.

       -bd color   This	 option	 specifies  the	color to use for the border of
		   the window.	The default is "black."

       -fn font	   This	option specifies the font to use for displaying	 text.
		   The default is "fixed."

       -c number   This	 option	 produces  output that is number columns wide.
		   Text	is written vertically down each	column in the order in
		   which text is received from the input file.	The default is
		   1.

       --topdown   Forces xrootconsole to display new lines from its input  at
		   the	top of the screen, scrolling previous lines down.  De-
		   fault behavior is to	insert new lines  at  the  bottom  and
		   scroll the previous lines up.

       --wrap	   Rather  than	 truncating  long lines, this option specifies
		   that	xrootconsole should wrap excess	text to	the  following
		   line	or lines, as necessary.

       -geometry geometry
		   This	 option	 specifies  the	preferred size and position of
		   the window; see X(1).  The default is "80x10+0+0."

       -h, --help  Displays a detailed usage message and exits.

       -v, --version
		   Displays the	program	version	and exits.

       file	   Optionally specifies	a file from which to  read  input;  by
		   default, xrootconsole reads from the	standard input.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit status is 0	on success, and	1 if the command fails for any reason.

AUTHORS
       Eric  Youngblut	is  the	original author	of xrootconsole.  Bob Galloway
       <bob@de-fac.to> is the current maintainer.  Alexandre Duret-Lutz	elimi-
       nated flicker by	storing	the background pixmap and drawing  off-screen.
       This manual page	was written by Zak Johnson <zakj@i.am>.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		 May 19, 2000		       XROOTCONSOLE(1)

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