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XTEDDY(6)			  Games Manual			       XTEDDY(6)

NAME
     xteddy - cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.

SYNOPSIS
     xteddy [ -wm -float -noquit -nocursor -F<file> ]
     [ -geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y -display SERVER ]
     [ -h --help -v ]

DESCRIPTION
     Xteddy is a cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.

     Normally,	xteddy	just  sits  around doing nothing. After all, that's what
     teddy bears are for. Look at him, talk to him, place heavy windows  on  top
     of  him,  zap  him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like; he will
     always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.

     You can move xteddy with the mouse by pointing  at  him  and  dragging  him
     around.  When  clicked upon, he will pop up on top of all other windows. If
     you type "q" or "Esc" on him, he will exit (or, as I like to think  of  it,
     be tucked away in the file system until you need him next time).

     That's it. But he's cute.

OPTIONS
     -wm    Use  the window manager. Normally, xteddy sets the override_redirect
	    flag for his window, which will cause most window managers to ignore
	    him. However, some window managers might have problems coping with a
	    window that is nailed directly to the root.  In that case, use  this
	    option. If possible, instruct your window manager not to put any ti-
	    tle  bar  or window frame on the window, or xteddy will lose some of
	    his charm.

     -float
	    Float up on top of overlapping windows. This will make  xteddy  stay
	    in sight at all times, so you won't lose him. However, this is a bit
	    intrusive  and  quite unlike a real teddy bear, so it is not the de-
	    fault action.

     -noquit
	    Disable the "quit" command (do not quit when typing "q" in the  win-
	    dow, but of course still on explicit window kills or process kills).
	    This might seem an unnecessary option, but if you use the -wm option
	    Xteddy might keep receiving keyboard events even after the mouse has
	    left  his  window.	I  you	use the -wm option in conjunction with a
	    click-to-type window manager, you would  probably  want  to  include
	    this option.

     -nocursor
	    Disable the X11 cursor over the xteddy window.

     -F,-f  <  file  > Display another image instead of xteddy.  file can be the
	    full name of an image file which reasonably should contain a  trans-
	    parent  background.  If there is no such file in the current working
	    directory xteddy  searches	in  $(installation_prefix)/share/xteddy,
	    where  $(installation_prefix) is determined at compile time (for in-
	    stance /usr/X11R6).  If this fails by default  /usr/share/xteddy  is
	    searched.	Failing  this,	/usr/local/share/xteddy is searched.  If
	    there is no such file in these directories the following  appendixes
	    where  appended to the given name: xpm, png, tif, jpg, jpeg, gif and
	    pnm.  These files will be searched in the three directories.  If all
	    files the last try is to append the extensions in upper cases.  '-F'
	    and '-f' are equivalent, and the space in '-f <file>' is optional.

     If  no  `-F`  parameter is given file equals to xteddy or more precisely to
     the name of the calling program.  For instance if there is a symlink

	    ln -s xteddy xpenguin

     then file equals to xpenguin and the  appropriate	pixmaps  with  the  name
     xpenguin are searched for.

     -geometry
	    The  standard  X  geometry	specification. Only X and Y position re-
	    quests are honored. Any height and width specifications will be  ig-
	    nored.

     -display
	    Specify an X server other than the local display.

     -h, --help
	    Print a help message and exit.

     -v     Print the version number and exit.

BEARS
     The cast of characters is currently: teddy xalex xbobo   xbrummi xcherubino
     xduck  xhedgehog	xklitze  xnamu	 xorca	xpenguin xpuppy  xruessel xteddy
     xtrouble.png xtrouble_large xtuxxy.

AUTHOR
     Stefan Gustavson, ISY-LiTH (stegu@itn.liu.se).  Xteddy is distributed under
     the GNU General Public License.

BUGS
     The Desktop Manager in Sun CDE (Common Desktop Environment) does  not  like
     xteddy.  Xteddy by default does not use the window manager, and so he shows
     up as a sticky window on all desktops. If you don't like this, and  try  to
     circumvent  it by running him with the -wm option, move him by grabbing him
     by the tummy instead of by the title bar, and then move him partly off  the
     screen, the image is lost and never redrawn again, so all you see is a sil-
     houette  of  a  teddy  bear.  I have no idea why this happens. If you know,
     please tell me, and if you can fix it, please do. If you run CDE  on  other
     platforms	than Sun, please tell me if it works for you. CDE does something
     which xteddy does not handle properly, and since I have a Sun with CDE  my-
     self I would like to know what the problem is.

     For  most	X servers, the -float option does not work properly if xteddy is
     moved partially off the screen. This is the X server's fault, not mine.

     If two copies of xteddy are placed so they overlap, and both were run  with
     the -float option, the X server will try to put each on top of the other in
     an endless loop, which looks very bad and takes a lot of CPU power.

     Xteddy  does  not	make  use  of the X resource database. I just didn't get
     around to that.

     Please send bug reports, fixes, suggestions,  fan	mail  or  or  hacks  to:
     stegu@itn.liu.se.

X Version 11			   25 May 2005			       XTEDDY(6)

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