tskroll.1 - skroll - scroll a text to stdout
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1 .TH skroll 1 2014-09-03 "v3.0" "Skroll nanual"
2 .SH NAME
3 skroll \- make a given text scroll
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B skroll
6 .RI [ \-hlr ]\ [ \-n\ num ]\ [ \-d\ delay ]
7 .SH DESCRIPTION
8 .PP
9 .B skroll
10 reads text from stdin and make it scroll to stdout.
11 .TP
12 .B \-h
13 Displays a help text
14 .TP
15 .B \-l
16 Loop text forever
17 .TP
18 .B \-r
19 Output a newline after each step
20 .TP
21 .BI \-n\ <num>
22 Show <num> char at a time (defaults to 10)
23 .TP
24 .BI \-d\ <delay>
25 Define scrolling speed, in second/step (defaults to 0.5)
26 .SH EXAMPLES
27 .TP
28 \(buLoop indefinitely:
29 \fBecho\fR "Hello world!" | \fBskroll\fR \-l
30 .TP
31 \(buOutput \fIX\fR characters at a time:
32 \fBskroll\fR \-n \fIX\fR < \fIFILE\fR
33 .TP
34 \(buRotate a step every \fIX\fR seconds:
35 \fBmpc\fR current \-\-wait | \fBskroll\fR -d \fIX\fR
36 .SH REPORTING BUGS
37 If you encounter any bugs, feel free to report them at \fIdev@z3bra.org\fR
38 .SH AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
39 Willy Goiffon is the main author.
40 Dave Chesser helped with the man page