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XScreenSaver manual                          xscreensaver-text(1)



NAME
     xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for  use  by
     screen savers.

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/xscreensaver/bin/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
             Download and print the contents of  the  HTTP  docu-
             ment.  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




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     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),   phos-
     phor(1),  apple2(1), starwars(1), fontglide(1), dadadodo(1),
     webcollage(1),
     http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml,
     http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.atom,
     driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2005 by  Jamie  Zawinski.   Permission  to  use,
     copy,  modify,  distribute,  and  sell this software and its
     documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
     provided  that  the  above  copyright  notice  appear in all
     copies and that both that copyright notice and this  permis-
     sion   notice   appear   in  supporting  documentation.   No
     representations are  made  about  the  suitability  of  this
     software  for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without
     express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
     Jamie Zawinski , 20-Mar-2005.


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | desktop/xscreensaver        |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Private                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|











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