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xcowsay(6) | Games Manual | xcowsay(6) |
NAME¶
xcowsay - Display a cute cow and speech bubble.SYNOPSIS¶
xcowsay [-h] [-t time] [-r speed] [-d] [-f font] [text]...DESCRIPTION¶
Display a cow with a speech bubble containing some text. If text is specified it will be displayed in the bubble. Otherwise the text will be read from the standard input and displayed when end of file is encountered.CONFIGURATION FILE¶
xcowsay reads a configuration file on startup. The configuration file can be stored in the XDG compliant location $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xcowsayrc (which will default to $HOME/.config/xcowsayrc) or in your home directory at $HOME/.xcowsayrc. If the --config=FILE command line option is passed FILE will be processed after your personal configuration file.display_time = 10000
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OPTIONS¶
Note that these options override any settings in the config file.- -h, --help
- Display usage information.
- -t time, --time=time
- Display the cow for time seconds. This overrides any value set for reading_speed. The corresponding config file option is display_time.
- -r speed, --reading-speed=speed
- Number of milliseconds to display the cow for each word in the input text. This is clamped to a minimum of min_display_time and a maximum of max_display_time. The defaults are 1 second and 30 seconds respectively. The corresponding config file option is reading_speed.
- -f font, --font=font
- Font for the speech bubble text. Accepts Pango font strings. The corresponding config file option is font.
- -d file, --dream=file
- Display an image instead of text in the cow's bubble. The dream_time config file option sets the numer of milliseconds to display the image for. The default is 10 seconds.
- --think
- Display a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble.
- --daemon
- Run xcowsay in daemon mode if DBus support has been enabled. See the description for more information.
- --cow-size=size
- Size of the cow image. Current choices are small, med, or large. The corresponding config file option is cow_size.
- --image=file
- Use a different image instead of the cow. The corresponding config file option is alt_image.
- --monitor=N
- Make the cow appear on monitor N.
- --at=X,Y
- Force that cow to appear at screen location (X,Y). The config file options are at_x and at_y.
- --bubble-at=X,Y
- Change position of bubble relative to where it would normally appear. This is most useful when combined with the alt_image option to create your own characters. The config file options are bubble_x and bubble_y.
- --debug
- Print messages about what xcowsay is doing. Useful for finding out why the daemon fails.
- -v, --version
- Print version information.