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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 transparent
     text box on X's root window.  It will read from any file listed on the com-
     mand 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 moni-
     tor 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 window,
		 for shaded transparency.  The default is "clear."

     -bw number  This option specifies the width of the border around  xrootcon-
		 sole 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.  Default be-
		 havior is to insert new lines at the bottom and scroll the pre-
		 vious 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 de-
		 fault, 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 eliminated
     flicker by storing the background pixmap and drawing off-screen.  This man-
     ual page was written by Zak Johnson <zakj@i.am>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 19, 2000			 XROOTCONSOLE(1)

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