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.

Author

Joachim Breitner