Termsaver(1) 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Here follows a list of currently available screens (note that this information might become outdated if updates are not fully documented here, so always rely on the help option to display all screens available):

quotes4all
displays recent quotes from quotes4all.net
asciiartfarts
displays ascii images from asciiartfarts.com (NSFW)
rssfeed
displays rss feed information
clock
displays a digital clock on screen
randtxt
displays word in random places on screen
rfc
randomly displays RFC contents
programmer
displays source code in typing animation
urlfetcher
displays url contents with typing animation
jokes4all
displays recent jokes from jokes4all.net (NSFW)
matrix
displays a matrix movie alike screensaver
sysmon
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.
-h, --help
Displays this help message
-v, --verbose
Displays python exception errors (for debugging)

EXAMPLES

Check all available screens to use:
termsaver --help
Run random text screensaver with extra arguments:
termsaver randtxt --word HelloWorld --delay 1

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
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AUTHORS

Termsaver was written by Bruno Braga <[email protected]>,
and contributors.

BUGS

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