[sllug-members]: RE: rss feed screensaver for linux?

[u235sentinel]

Thanks for the tips all.

I was thinking about piping an RSS feed through fortune.  I figured it 
might be the easiest way to do it.

I checked up on the RSS GLX screensavers and most likely will go that 
direction.  It looks pretty ;-)

Thanks again


Christopher Hogan wrote:
> Any of the XScreenSaver text-driven screen savers are capable of
> displaying a HTML or RSS URL. Simply launch xscreensaver-demo, click
> on the Advanced tab, and select URL under Text Manipulation. The
> ~/.xscreensaver or /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver files can
> also be directly edited. The setting you are looking for is called
> "*textMode:" It should be set to "url". Then set "*textURL:" to the
> URL of your choice.
> 
> My personal favorite screen saver that makes use of this is called
> NoseGuy. A cartoon nose with feet walks around the screen. Every once
> in a while, it will stop and you get balloon text. The text depends on
> the setting of "*textMode:". I generally set it to "program" and set
> "*textProgram:" to "/usr/bin/fortune".
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:17 AM,  <mark.s.levitt at l-3com.com> wrote:
>> The 'planet debian' RSS Feed comes out of the stock Etch installed
>>  screen saver 'Banners & Pictures -> Phosphor'.  Never thought too much
>>  about how it worked but you question got me looking.
>>
>>  Seems to call 'xscreensaven-text' to generate text.  This is driven by a
>>  .xscreensaver file.  I had none so it defaulted to the feed url.  It
>>  then outputs the generated text in old fashioned green decaying pixels.
>>  Maybe you can find others?
>>
>>  enjoy.
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