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XEYES(1) General Commands Manual XEYES(1)

NAME

xeyes - a follow the mouse X demo

SYNOPSIS

xeyes [-option ...]

DESCRIPTION

Xeyes watches what you do and reports to the Boss.

OPTIONS

choose a different color for the pupil of the eyes.
choose a different color for the background.
choose a different color for the outline of the eyes.
choose a different color for the center of the eyes.
selects an appropriate level of backing store.
define the initial window geometry; see X(7).
specify the display to use; see X(7).
choose a different color for the window border.
choose a different width for the window border.
uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window. This is the default.
+shape
disables use of the SHAPE extension to shape the window.
uses Xrender to draw anti-aliased eyes. This is the default if xeyes has been compiled with Xrender support.
+render
disables Xrender and draws traditional eyes.
uses an alternative mapping, as if the eyes were set back from the screen, thus following the mouse more precisely.
renders the eyes as if they belonged to a biblically accurate angel.
print a usage message and exit.
print the version number and exit.

SEE ALSO

X(7), X Toolkit documentation

AUTHOR

Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
Copied from the NeWS version written (apparently) by Jeremy Huxtable as seen at SIGGRAPH '88

xeyes 1.3.0 X Version 11