xscreensaver-text (1)
NAME
xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen savers.SYNOPSIS
xscreensaver-text [--verbose] [--columns N] [--text STRING] [--file PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL]DESCRIPTION
The xscreensaver-text script prints out some text for use by various screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver file. This may dump the contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL.OPTIONS
xscreensaver-text accepts the following options:- --columns N or --cols N
- Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns.
- --verbose or -v
- Print diagnostics to stderr. Multiple -v switches increase the amount of output.
Command line options may be used to override the settings in the ~/.xscreensaver file:
- --string STRING
- Print the given string. It may contain % escape sequences as per strftime(2).
- --file PATH
- Print the contents of the given file. If --cols is specified, re-wrap the lines; otherwise, print them as-is.
- --program CMD
- Run the given program and print its output. If --cols is specified, re-wrap the output.
- --url HTTP-URL
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Download and print the contents of the HTTP document. If it contains
HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted to plain-text.
Note: this re-downloads the document every time it is run! It might be considered abusive for you to point this at a web server that you do not control!
ENVIRONMENT
- HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy
- to get the default HTTP proxy host and port.
BUGS
The RSS and Atom output is always ISO-8859-1, regardless of locale.URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires".
SEE ALSO
xscreensaver-demo(1), xscreensaver(1), fortune(1), phosphor(1), apple2(1), starwars(1), fontglide(1), dadadodo(1), webcollage(1),-
www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml
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en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss,
- driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek
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en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss,