Difference between revisions of "Osd cat"

Revision as of 08:09, 16 April 2020

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

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

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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 The following example worked on SUSE Linux 11.3
-  [[yast]] -i xosd
+<source>
-  [[echo]] "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \
+  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
-  [[sudo]] [[apt-get]] [[install]] [[osd_cat]]
+<source>
+  sudo apt-get install osd_cat
   echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f -*-*-bold-*-*-*-36-120-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5
+</source>