SYNOPSIS

       ticker.app [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  was  written  for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
       because the original program does not have a manual page.

       ticker.app 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  con-
       troll  the  viewing  area  by  dragging the horizontal scrollbar or the
       mouse wheel.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual  GNU  command  line  syntax,  with  long
       options  starting  with  two  dashes  (`-').  A  summary  of options is
       included below.

       -f,  --file <file>
              file to display

       -t,  --tail
              run the application in tail mode

       -d,  --display <string>
              display to use

       -fg, --foreground <color>
              foreground color (white is default)

       -bg, --background <color>
              background color (rgb:52/52/52 is defalt)

       -p,  --popup
              run the application with popup window

       -pp, --popup-pos [+-]x[+-]y
              position of popup window

       -fn, --font <fontname>
              font to use


       -v,  --version
              show program version and exit

       -w,  --windowed
              run the application in windowed mode

       -h, --help
              show summary of options.

       -v, --version
              show version of program.

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).



                               October 15, 2001                  TICKER.APP(1)