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xscreensaver-text(1)	      XScreenSaver manual	  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 spec‐
	       ified, re-wrap the output.

       --url HTTP-URL
	       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),
       http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-rss.bml,
       http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.atom,
       driftnet(1), EtherPEG, EtherPeek

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

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.

X Version 11		      5.10 (07-Sep-2009)	  xscreensaver-text(1)
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