xdemo(1)

demo programs for X window system

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

xdemo - demo programs for X window system

SYNOPSIS

xdemo [ option(s) ]  [  bounce  |  fonts  |  kaleidoscope  |
stringart | swirl | twist | wheel ]

DESCRIPTION

xdemo is a demo program for X version 11. It is invoked with one of the above demo names and one or more options. The demo names can be abbreviated if desired. Each demo displays a picture, pauses, and starts over again. Clicking any button in the demo window will terminate the demo.

OPTIONS

xdemo understands to following options:

-bd color

Specify the border color. The default border color is ``black''.

-bg color

Specify the background color. The default background color is ``black''.

-bw pixels

Specify the width in pixels of the border. The default value is 4 pixels.

-d delay

Specify the delay in seconds between pictures. The default delay is 2 seconds.

-fg color

Specify the foreground color. The default foreground color is ``white''.

-fn fontname

        Specify the font.  The default font is ``8x13''.

-fp fontpattern

Specify the font pattern (passed to XListFonts) to use in the fonts demo. The default font pattern is ``*''.

-fs fontstring

Specify the font string to use in the fonts demo. The default font string is ``ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ''.

-geometry geometry

The xdemo window is created in the specified location. See X(1) for a full explanation.

-display [host]:[display]

Normally, xdemo gets the host and display number to use from the environment variable ``DISPLAY''. Either or both can be specified with this option. host specifies which machine to create the xdemo window on, and display specifies the display number.

X DEFAULTS

Background

Set the background color. The default background color is ``black''.

Border Set the border color. The default border color is ``black''.

BorderWidth

Set the border width of the window. The default value is 4 pixels.

Delay Set the delay in seconds between pictures. The default delay is 2 seconds.

Font    Set the font.  The default font is ``8x13''.

FontPattern

Set the font pattern to use with the font demo. The default font pattern is ``*''.

FontString

Set the font string to use with the font demo. The default font string is ``ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXWZ''.

Foreground

Set the foreground color. The default foreground color is ``white''.