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

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

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

X Version 11                                   6.08 (10-Oct-2023)                                    noseguy(6x)

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

       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.

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.

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

noseguy accepts the following options:

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

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --window-idnumber
               Draw on the specified window.

       --install
               Install a private colormap for the window.

       --visualvisual
               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.

       --fontfont
               The font used for the messages.

       --programprogram
               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.

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

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

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

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

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]