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NAME
scrawl - scrawl on a victim's display
SYNOPSIS
scrawl [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
Scrawl paints or types on single or multiple displays. The [-d
displayname] option causes scrawl to scrawl on both the invoker's display
and on the target displays.
Options
There are several options:
-d displayname1 -d displayname2 . .
draw on displayname1 and displayname2 at the same time as the HOME
display
-pc pencolor
set the pen color
-pw penwidth
set the pen width
-ps penstyle
pen style can be one of the following: dot, airbrush, draw_shapes,
eraser
-cs penstyle
cap style can be one of the following: CapButt, CapNotLast,
CapRound, CapProjecting
-bs state
backing store state can be one of the following: on, off
-nd numdots
set the number of dots in the airbrush (airbrush density)
-tm type a message, don't scrawl
-fn font
specify the font if typing a message
-sh shape
specify the shape to use if the pen_style is "draw_shapes"
DIAGNOSTICS
There are no diagnostics. Source is available.
EXAMPLES
This command types a message on the HOME display, the "dove:0" display
and the "hawk:0" display in the color cyan, and the font "proof-i24".
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scrawl -d dove:0 -d hawk:0 -tm -pc cyan -fn proof-i24
AUTHOR
scrawl was developed by Brian Wilson of Hewlett-Packard.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
DISPLAY determines the home display which scrawl ALWAYS will scrawl to.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
scrawl: X11, Xlib, R4
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