NAME

       memscroller - scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen

SYNOPSIS

       memscroller    [--display    host:display.screen]    [--window]    [--root]   [--window-id
       number][--mono] [--install] [--visual  visual]  [--font  font]  [--delay  int]  [--mono  |
       -color] [--ram | -random | --filename file] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The  memscroller  program  scrolls  a  dump of its own process memory across the screen in
       three windows at three different rates.

OPTIONS

       memscroller 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.

       --color Render each three bytes of memory as R, G, B.  This is the default.

       --mono  Render each byte of memory in shades of green.

       --ram   Read from the process's address space.  This is the default.

       --random
               Instead of reading from memory, generate random numbers.

       --filename file
               Instead  of  reading from memory, read from the given file until EOF, then re-open
               it.  If you have permission, /dev/mem is an interesting choice here.   (Note  that
               /dev/null  won't  ever  display  anything,  because  it  returns  EOF without ever
               returning any data.)

       --delay microseconds
               How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.   Default
               10000.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2004 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>, 14-Aug-2004.