NAME

       noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty

SYNOPSIS

       noseguy  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--foreground  color]  [--background color] [--text-foreground
       color] [--text-background color] [--font  font]  [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number]  [--install]
       [--visual visual] [--mode mode] [--program program] [--filename file] [--text text] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       A  little  man  with a big nose and a hat runs around spewing out messages to the screen.  This code (and
       its bitmaps) were extracted from the xnlock program.

OPTIONS

       noseguy 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.

       --font font
               The font used for the messages.

       --program program
               This program will be run periodically, and its output will be the text of the messages.  Default:

                   xscreensaver-text --cols 40 | head -n15

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

       --filename file
               If mode is file, then the contents of this file will be used for all messages.

       --text string
               If mode is string, then this text will be used for all messages.

       --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), xscreensaver-text(6x), xnlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1985, 1990 by Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>.

AUTHOR

       Dan Heller <argv@danheller.com>, 1985.

       Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.