Difference between revisions of "Osd cat"

Latest revision as of 08:11, 16 April 2020

osd_cat writing 'hello world' directly on the screen. Note how it ignores window frames.

osd_cat is a command that writes something directly onto your graphical screen. In the following example "hello world" is written.

Choose the font using xfontsel.

The following example worked on SUSE Linux 11.3 <source>

yast -i xosd
echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \
 -adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5

</source>

The following example worked on Ubutu Linux 11.10 <source>

sudo apt-get install osd_cat
echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f -*-*-bold-*-*-*-36-120-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5

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-osd_cat is a [[command]] that writes something directly onto your graphical screen. In the following example "hello world" is written.
+<pic src=http://www.linuxintro.org/images/Snapshot-osdcat.png width=30% align=right caption="osd_cat writing 'hello world' directly on the screen. Note how it ignores window frames." />
-[[File:Snapshot-osdcat.png|thumb]]
+osd_cat is a [[command]] that writes something directly onto your graphical screen. In the following example "hello world" is written.
-The example is based on SUSE Linux 11.3, but should be same or similar on any distribution:
-  [[yast]] -i xosd
+Choose the font using xfontsel.
-  [[echo]] "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \
+The following example worked on SUSE Linux 11.3
+<source>
+  yast -i xosd
+  echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \
    -adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5
-Choose the font using xfontsel.
+</source>
+The following example worked on Ubutu Linux 11.10
+<source>
+ sudo apt-get install osd_cat
+ echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f -*-*-bold-*-*-*-36-120-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5
+</source>