NAME

       xteddy - cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.

SYNOPSIS

       xteddy [ -wm -float -noquit -nocursor -F<file> ]
       [ -geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y -display SERVER ]
       [ -h --help -v ]

DESCRIPTION

       Xteddy is a cuddly teddy bear for your X Windows desktop.

       Normally, xteddy just sits around doing nothing. After all, that's what teddy bears are for. Look at him,
       talk  to him, place heavy windows on top of him, zap him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like;
       he will always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.

       You can move xteddy with the mouse by pointing at him and dragging him around. When clicked upon, he will
       pop up on top of all other windows. If you type "q" or "Esc" on him, he will exit (or, as I like to think
       of it, be tucked away in the file system until you need him next time).

       That's it. But he's cute.

OPTIONS

       -wm    Use the window manager. Normally, xteddy sets the override_redirect flag  for  his  window,  which
              will  cause  most window managers to ignore him. However, some window managers might have problems
              coping with a window that is nailed directly to the root.  In  that  case,  use  this  option.  If
              possible,  instruct your window manager not to put any title bar or window frame on the window, or
              xteddy will lose some of his charm.

       -float Float up on top of overlapping windows. This will make xteddy stay in sight at all times,  so  you
              won't  lose him. However, this is a bit intrusive and quite unlike a real teddy bear, so it is not
              the default action.

       -noquit
              Disable the "quit" command (do not quit when typing "q" in the window,  but  of  course  still  on
              explicit  window  kills  or process kills).  This might seem an unnecessary option, but if you use
              the -wm option Xteddy might keep receiving keyboard events even  after  the  mouse  has  left  his
              window.  I  you  use  the -wm option in conjunction with a click-to-type window manager, you would
              probably want to include this option.

       -nocursor
              Disable the X11 cursor over the xteddy window.

       -F,-f  < file > Display another image instead of xteddy.  file can be the full  name  of  an  image  file
              which reasonably should contain a transparent background.  If there is no such file in the current
              working     directory    xteddy    searches    in    $(installation_prefix)/share/xteddy,    where
              $(installation_prefix) is determined at compile time (for instance /usr/X11R6).  If this fails  by
              default  /usr/share/xteddy  is  searched.   Failing this, /usr/local/share/xteddy is searched.  If
              there is no such file in these directories the following appendixes where appended  to  the  given
              name:  xpm,  png,  tif,  jpg,  jpeg,  gif  and  pnm.   These  files  will be searched in the three
              directories.  If all files the last try is to append the extensions in upper cases. '-F' and  '-f'
              are equivalent, and the space in '-f <file>' is optional.

       If no `-F` parameter is given file equals to xteddy or more precisely to the name of the calling program.
       For instance if there is a symlink

              ln -s xteddy xpenguin

       then file equals to xpenguin and the appropriate pixmaps with the name xpenguin are searched for.

       -geometry
              The  standard X geometry specification. Only X and Y position requests are honored. Any height and
              width specifications will be ignored.

       -display
              Specify an X server other than the local display.

       -h, --help
              Print a help message and exit.

       -v     Print the version number and exit.

BEARS

       The cast of characters is currently: teddy xalex xbobo    xbrummi  xcherubino  xduck  xhedgehog   xklitze
       xnamu  xorca xpenguin xpuppy  xruessel xteddy xtrouble.png xtrouble_large xtuxxy.

AUTHOR

       Stefan  Gustavson,  ISY-LiTH  (stegu@itn.liu.se).   Xteddy  is  distributed  under the GNU General Public
       License.

BUGS

       The Desktop Manager in Sun CDE (Common Desktop Environment) does not like xteddy. Xteddy by default  does
       not  use  the  window  manager,  and so he shows up as a sticky window on all desktops. If you don't like
       this, and try to circumvent it by running him with the -wm option, move him by grabbing him by the  tummy
       instead of by the title bar, and then move him partly off the screen, the image is lost and never redrawn
       again,  so  all  you  see is a silhouette of a teddy bear.  I have no idea why this happens. If you know,
       please tell me, and if you can fix it, please do. If you run CDE on other platforms than Sun, please tell
       me if it works for you. CDE does something which xteddy does not handle properly, and since I have a  Sun
       with CDE myself I would like to know what the problem is.

       For most X servers, the -float option does not work properly if xteddy is moved partially off the screen.
       This is the X server's fault, not mine.

       If  two  copies  of  xteddy  are  placed so they overlap, and both were run with the -float option, the X
       server will try to put each on top of the other in an endless loop, which looks very bad and takes a  lot
       of CPU power.

       Xteddy does not make use of the X resource database. I just didn't get around to that.

       Please send bug reports, fixes, suggestions, fan mail or or hacks to: stegu@itn.liu.se.

X Version 11                                       25 May 2005                                         XTEDDY(6)