NAME

       aosd_cat - displays text on the screen

SYNOPSIS

       aosd_cat [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       Displays UTF-8 text in a transparent OSD frame.

       For  parameters  marked  with  asterisk  (*)  valid  range is 0-255.  Those, which are marked with double
       asterisk (**), accept negative values.  Coloring parameters are specified in either #RGB format  or  from
       rgb.txt.   Timing  parameters  are  specified  in  milliseconds.   Scrollback limits are cancelled with 0
       parameter.  Age is in seconds.

       Geometry Options:

       -p, --position
              Sets the OSD window position. Or to be more precise, selects the point of the screen which is told
              to  be the beginning of the coordinates (the 0,0 point) AND selects the point of the OSD window to
              collocate with it. Valid range is 0-8, where 0 is top-left corner and 8  is  bottom-right  corner.
              Default value is 6.

       -x, --x-offset **
              Sets the x-axis window offset from the (0,0) point. Default value is 50.

       -y, --y-offset **
              Sets the y-axis window offset from the (0,0) point. Default value is -50.

       -e, --shadow-offset **
              Sets the shadow offset. Default value is 2.

       -d, --padding *
              Sets the margin from the edge to the contents. Default value is 0.

       Appearance Options:

       -t, --transparency
              Sets the transparency mode. 0=none, 1=fake, 2=composite. Default value is 2.

       -n, --font
              Sets the OSD font. No default value.

       -w, --width
              Sets  the  OSD  wrapping  width in pixels. If set to zero, text will be wrapped on screen width or
              will not be wrapped at all if other parameters make it impossible  to  layout  correctly.  Default
              value is 0.

       Coloring Options:

       -B, --back-color
              Sets the background color. No default value.

       -S, --shadow-color
              Sets the shadow color. Default value is black.

       -R, --fore-color
              Sets the foreground color. Default value is green.

       Opacity Options:

       -b, --back-opacity *
              Sets the background opacity. Default value is 0.

       -s, --shadow-opacity *
              Sets the shadow opacity. Default value is 192.

       -r, --fore-opacity *
              Sets the foreground opacity. Default value is 255.

       Timing Options:

       -f, --fade-in
              Sets the fade in time. Default value is 300.

       -u, --fade-full
              Sets the time to show with full opacity. Default value is 3000.

       -o, --fade-out
              Sets the fade out time. Default value is 300.

       Scrollback Options:

       -a, --age
              Sets the line age removal limit. Default value is 0.

       -l, --lines
              Sets the line amount removal limit. Default value is 1.

       Application Options:

       -i, --input
              Sets the input text source. Default value is -.

BUGS

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