Osd cat
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Revision as of 02:09, 2 October 2010 by imported>ThorstenStaerk (New page: 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 b...)
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 echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \ -adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5
Choose the font using xfontsel.
