NAME¶

unicode - displays unicode characters

SYNOPSIS¶

unicode [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-fps] [-foreground color] [-background color]

DESCRIPTION¶

unicode-screensaver is a simple screensaver application that repeatedly randomly picks an unicode character and displays it in a very large font size together with its unicode code point and the character name.

OPTIONS¶

-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.

-window

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

-root

Draw on the root window.

-fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

-background

Set the background color (e.g. black, white, green, red). The default is white.

-foreground

Set the font color (e.g. black, white, green, red). The default is black.

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¶

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2009 by Joachim Breitner. 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¶

Joachim Breitner