unicode — displays unicode characters
Synopsis
unicode [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-fps] [-delay seconds] [-font font] [-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.
- -delay
- Specify the delay in seconds before switching to a new character. Defaults to seven seconds.
- -font
- Try the given font in addition to the built-in fonts (Open Symbol, and FreeSans).
- -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.