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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 specified, 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,
       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss,
       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 purpose 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  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 <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.

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