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.TH TICKER.APP 1 "October 15, 2001"
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.SH NAME
ticker.app \- a ticker dockapp
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ticker.app
.RI [ options ]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
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\fBticker.app\fP is just like a ticker, and is designed in the dockapp that is
supported by X window managers such as Window Maker, AfterStep, BlackBox, and
Enlightenment.

It reads a file that is specified by the command line, and displays each line
in a viewing area periodically. It rereads automatically when the file has been
modified. If you run in a tail-mode, it ticks only the last line.

Another area to display is a popup window. The popup window may be opened by
clicking the up arrow button.

You can skip to next line by clicking the right allow button, and controll the
viewing area by dragging the horizontal scrollbar or the mouse wheel.
.SH OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`\-'). A summary of options is included below.
.TP
\-f,  \-\-file <file>
file to display
.TP
\-t,  \-\-tail
run the application in tail mode
.TP
\-d,  \-\-display <string>
display to use
.TP
\-fg, \-\-foreground <color>
foreground color (white is default)
.TP
\-bg, \-\-background <color>
background color (rgb:52/52/52 is defalt)
.TP
\-p,  \-\-popup
run the application with popup window
.TP
\-pp, \-\-popup-pos [+\|\-]x[+\|\-]y
position of popup window
.TP
\-fn, \-\-font <fontname>
font to use
.TP
\-fp, \-\-font\-popup <fontname>
font to use in popup window
.TP
\-sf, \-\-speed\-fast
fast scrolling
.TP
\-ss, \-\-speed\-slow
slow scrolling
.TP
\-bw, \-\-broken\-wm
activate broken window manager fix
.TP
\-h,  \-\-help
show this help text and exit
.TP
\-v,  \-\-version
show program version and exit
.TP
\-w,  \-\-windowed
run the application in windowed mode
.TP
\-h, \-\-help
show summary of options.
.TP
\-v, \-\-version
show version of program.
.SH AUTHOR
Ticker.app, as known as WMTicker, was originally written by Jiro Sekiba
<jir@shiratori.riec.tohoku.ac.jp>, and was rewritten more than 90%  of the
source code from scratch by Seiichi SATO <ssato@sh.rim.or.jp>.

This manual page was written by Gurkan Sengun <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).