XROOTCONSOLE(1) BSD General Commands Manual XROOTCONSOLE(1)NAMExrootconsole — display a file (or stdin) to a transparent window
SYNOPSISxrootconsole [options] [file]
DESCRIPTIONxrootconsole 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
command 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 monitor 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 xroot‐
console 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 behavior is to insert new lines at the bottom and
scroll the previous 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
default, 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 elimi‐
nated flicker by storing the background pixmap and drawing off-screen.
This manual page was written by Zak Johnson ⟨zakj@i.am⟩.
BSD May 19, 2000 BSD
