XOSD(1xosd)XOSD(1xosd)NAMEosd_cat - X on-screen file displayer
SYNOPSISosd_cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
osd_cat-b percentage|slider [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Display FILE, or standard input, on X screen.
-p, --pos=POS
This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. POS can be
top, middle, or bottom. The default is top.
-o, --offset=OFFSET
This option specifies the offset from the top or bottom of
screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.
-A, --align=ALIGN
This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. ALIGN can
be left, right or center. The default is left.
-i, --indent=OFFSET
This option specifies the INDENT from the left of screen the
text is displayed. The default is 0.
-f, --font=FONT
This option specifies the FONT to be used for displaying the
text. The default is fixed.
-c, --color=COLOR
This option specifies the COLOR to be used for displaying the
text. The default is red.
-d, --delay=TIME
This option specifies the number of seconds the text is dis‐
played. The default is 5 seconds.
-l, --lines=LINES
This option specifies the number of LINES to scroll the display
over. The default is 5.
-s, --shadow=OFFSET
This option specifies the OFFSET of the text shadow. The default
is 0, which means no text shadow is created.
-a, --age[=SCROLL_AGE]
This option affects screen redrawing. If SCROLL_AGE seconds pass
before a new line is ready (for example, you're reading from a
pipe), all lines are cleared at once instead of being scrolled
off as new lines replace old lines. The default is 0.
When no SCROLL_AGE is explicitly given, the current value from
DELAY is used.
-w, --wait
This option also affects screen redrawing. When there is data
ready to be put on screen, this option will cause osd_cat to
wait until the display is clear. An alternative to scrolling.
-b, --barmode=TYPE
Lets you display a percentage or slider bar instead of just
text. TYPE may be percentage or slider. In this mode no text
is read from any file, but the following options can be used:
-P, --percentage=PERCENTAGE
This option specified the position of the percentage / slider
bar. PERCENTAGE may be in the range from 0 to 100, the default
is 50.
-T, --text=TEXT
This option specifies an optional TEXT which gets displayed
above the percentage bar. The default is empty, so no addi‐
tional text is displayed.
-h, --help
display help (which is often more up to date) and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Martijn van de Streek <martijn@foodfight.org>, Some patching done by
Malcolm Valentine <farkit@iprimus.com.au> and Tim Wright
<tim@ignavus.net>.
xosd was written by Andre Renaud <andre@ignavus.net> and is maintained
by Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>
SEE ALSO
More information on the X OSD Library and its author can be found on
http://www.ignavus.net/software.html
⟨http://www.ignavus.net/software.html⟩
COPYRIGHT
It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
X OSD cat January 2001 XOSD(1xosd)
