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TERMSAVER(1) TERMSAVER(1)

NAME

Termsaver - A simple text-based terminal screensaver

SYNTAX

termsaver [SCREEN] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Termsaver is a simple alternative for simulating command-line based screensavers right on the terminal, in text-based format.

To start the screensaver, execute Termsaver command with proper options as described in detail below, and to close it, just use the standard Ctrl+C to interrupt it (or close the terminal window if you are on a desktop environment and no longer need it).

SCREEN

The Termsaver application, to work properly, requires a screen as argument, which represents the name of the screensaver to be loaded. Each screen, in turn, will have its own set of optional arguments, documented in its help option.

Here follows a list of currently available screens (note that this information might become outdated if updates are not fully documented here, so always rely on the help option to display all screens available):

displays recent quotes from quotes4all.net
displays ascii images from asciiartfarts.com (NSFW)
displays rss feed information
displays a digital clock on screen
displays word in random places on screen
randomly displays RFC contents
displays source code in typing animation
displays url contents with typing animation
displays recent jokes from jokes4all.net (NSFW)
displays a matrix movie alike screensaver
displays a graphic of CPU/MEM usage over time

Refer to help option for additional information for each screen usage and example.

OPTIONS

This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

Displays this help message
Displays python exception errors (for debugging)

EXAMPLES

termsaver --help
termsaver randtxt --word HelloWorld --delay 1

SEE ALSO

See more information about this project at:
http://termsaver.info

COPYRIGHT


Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
a copy of the License at


http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0


Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.

AUTHORS

Termsaver was written by Bruno Braga <bruno.braga@gmail.com>,
and contributors.

BUGS

Report bugs to authors at:
http://github.com/brunobraga/termsaver

22 March 2012 Termsaver