NAME

       osd_cat - X on-screen file displayer

SYNOPSIS

       osd_cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
       osd_cat -b percentage|slider [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       Display FILE, or standard input, on X screen.

       -p, --pos=POS
              This  option  tells  osd_cat  where  to  display  the text. POS can be top, middle, or bottom. The
              default is top.

       -o, --offset=OFFSET
              This option specifies the offset from the top or bottom of  screen  the  text  is  displayed.  The
              default is 0.

       -A, --align=ALIGN
              This  option  tells  osd_cat  where  to  display the text. ALIGN can be left, right or center. The
              default is left.

       -i, --indent=OFFSET
              This option specifies the INDENT from the left of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.

       -f, --font=FONT
              This option specifies the FONT to be used for displaying the text. The default is fixed.

       -c, --color=COLOR
              This option specifies the COLOR to be used for displaying the text. The default is red.

       -d, --delay=TIME
              This option specifies the number of seconds the text is displayed. The default is 5 seconds.

       -l, --lines=LINES
              This option specifies the number of LINES to scroll the display over. The default is 5.

       -s, --shadow=OFFSET
              This option specifies the OFFSET of the text shadow. The default is 0, which means no text  shadow
              is created.

       -S, --shadowcolour=COLOUR
              This option specifies the COLOUR of the text shadow.  The default is black.

       -O, --outline=WIDTH
              This option specifies the WIDTH of the text outline.  The default is 0, which is no outline.

       -u, --outlinecolour=COLOUR
              This option specifies the COLOUR of the text outline.  The default is black.

       -a, --age[=SCROLL_AGE]
              This  option  affects screen redrawing. If SCROLL_AGE seconds pass before a new line is ready (for
              example, you're reading from a pipe), all lines are cleared at once instead of being scrolled  off
              as new lines replace old lines. The default is 0.
              When no SCROLL_AGE is explicitly given, the current value from DELAY is used.

       -w, --wait
              This  option  also  affects  screen  redrawing. When there is data ready to be put on screen, this
              option will cause osd_cat to wait until the display is clear. An alternative to scrolling.

       -b, --barmode=TYPE
              Lets you display a percentage or slider bar instead of just  text.   TYPE  may  be  percentage  or
              slider.  In this mode no text is read from any file, but the following options can be used:

       -P, --percentage=PERCENTAGE
              This option specified the position of the percentage / slider bar.  PERCENTAGE may be in the range
              from 0 to 100, the default is 50.

       -T, --text=TEXT
              This option specifies an optional TEXT which gets displayed above the percentage bar.  The default
              is empty, so no additional text is displayed.

       -h, --help
              display help (which is often more up to date) and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

       Martijn   van   de   Streek   <martijn@foodfight.org>,   Some   patching   done   by   Malcolm  Valentine
       <farkit@iprimus.com.au> and Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>.
       xosd was written by Andre Renaud <andre@ignavus.net> and is maintained by Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>

SEE ALSO

       More information on the X OSD Library and its author can be found on http://www.ignavus.net/software.html

COPYRIGHT

       It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

X OSD cat                                         January 2001                                           XOSD(1)