NAME

       fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around

SYNOPSIS

       fliptext   [--display   host:display.screen]   [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number]
       [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--program command] [--size integer ]  [--columns
       integer]  [--left  | --center | --right] [--lines integer] [--speed float] [--delay usecs]
       [--font xlfd] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The fliptext program runs another program to generate a stream of text, then animates  the
       lines of that text transparently flipping in and out in 3D.

OPTIONS

       fliptext accepts the following options:

       --window
               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --window-id number
               Draw on the specified window.

       --install
               Install a private colormap for the window.

       --visual visual
               Specify  which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the
               id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

       --program sh-command
               This program will be run periodically, and its output will be  the  text  that  is
               displayed.  Default xscreensaver-text.

               You   can   configure   the   text   printed   through   the   "Advanced"  tab  of
               xscreensaver-settings(1), or by editing your ~/.xscreensaver file.

       --size integer
               How large a font to use, in points.  (Well, in some arbitrary unit  we're  calling
               "points" for the sake of argument.)  Default: 20.

       --columns integer
               At  (approximately)  what  column to wrap lines.  Default 80.  Wrapping is done by
               pixels, not characters, and lines will always wrap  at  the  edge  of  the  screen
               regardless.

       --left | --center | --right
               Whether to align the text flush left, centered, or flush right.  The default is to
               choose randomly each time a new screen of text is displayed.

       --lines integer
               How many lines of text should be shown at once.  Default 8.

       --speed ratio
               Change the animation speed; 0.5 to go half as fast, 2.0 to go twice as fast.

       --delay usecs
               The delay between frames of the animation; default is 10000 (1/10th second.)

       --font font-name
               The name of the font to use.  For best effect, this should be  a  large  font  (at
               least 36 points.)  The bigger the font, the better looking the characters will be.
               Note that the size of this font affects only the clarity of  the  characters,  not
               their size on the screen: for that, use the --size or --columns options.

               Default: -*-utopia-bold-r-normal-*-*-720-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to  get  the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in
               the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

       xscreensaver(1),    xscreensaver-text(6x),    fortune(1),    phosphor(6x),     apple2(6x),
       fontglide(6x), ljlatest(6x), dadadodo(1), webcollage(6x), 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>