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TERMSAVER(1)															      TERMSAVER(1)

NAME

       Termsaver - A simple text-based terminal screensaver

SYNTAX

       termsaver [SCREEN] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       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 stan-
       dard 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
       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       Here  follows  a  list of currently available screens (note that this information might become outdated if updates are not fully documented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

       dot    displays a random running dot

       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

       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

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>.

BUGS

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

Termsaver							   22 March 2012						      TERMSAVER(1)