xrootconsole - display text on the root window

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xrootconsole - display text on the root window

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:46 pm

You find it in the repos as xrootconsole. Basically it is something like xosd in an endless loop, you can pipe stuff to it or use a FIFO.

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# pstree imitation
ps faxj |xrootconsole -geometry 140x40+20+10

# RAM check
free -mw | xrootconsole --wrap --bottomup -geometry 140x4+20+0

# BBQ upgrade warnings
curl --silent http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/feed.php?mode=news | grep -E '(title>|description>)' | sed -n '4,$p' | sed -e 's/<title>//' -e 's/<\/title>//' -e 's/<description>/ /' -e 's/<\/description>//' | sed 's/^.*CDATA//' | tr '<>,' ' ' | xrootconsole --topdown -geometry 120x80x20x10
..gnutella..

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Re: xrootconsole - display text on the root window

Unread post by Snap » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:32 am

Never heard of it. Thanks, bacon.

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