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NAME

       fliptext - draws pages of text whose lines transparently flip around

SYNOPSIS

       fliptext   [-display  host:display.screen]  [-window]  [-root]  [-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.

       -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-demo(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.

SEE ALSO

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

       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>