nezd.1

.TH NEZD 1
.SH NAME
nezd \- general-purpose messaging and notification for X11
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nezd
[\-v] [\-p [seconds]] [\-m [v|h]] [\-ta <l|c|r>] [\-sa <l|c|r>]
      [\-x <pixel>] [\-y <pixel>] [\-w <pixel>] [\-tw <pixel>]
      [\-e <string>] [\-l <lines>]  [\-fn <font>] [\-bg <color>]
      [\-fg <color>] [\-xs <screen>]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Nezd
is a general\-purpose messaging and notification program for X11,
desigend to be scriptable in any language and integrate well with
window managers like dwm, wmii and xmonad though it will work with any
windowmanger.
.PP
.B Nezd
expects the status message on its standard input, and uses a custom
formatting language for colors and several other features (like bar
meters and such). See README for detailed usage and scripting
instructions.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-fg <color>
Set foreground color. The <color> can be specified either as symbolic
name (e.g. red, darkgreen, etc.) or as #rrggbb hex\-value
(e.g. #ffffaa).
.TP
.B \-bg <color>
Set background color (same format as \-fg).
.TP
.B \-fn <font>
Set font (using the format of xlsfonts and xfontsel).
.TP
.B \-ta <l|c|r>
Set alignement of title window content: l(eft), c(center) or r(ight).
.TP
.B \-tw <pixels>
Set title window width.
.TP
.B \-sa <l|c|r>
Set alignment of slave window (see
.B \-ta
).
.TP
.B \-l <lines>
Number of lines to display in slave window (see (1) in README).
.TP
.B \-e <event1=action1:option1:...,action2;event2=...>
Set up events and actions, eg. responses to mouse clicks (see (2) in README).
.TP
.B \-m
Start up in menu mode (see (3) in README).
.TP
.B \-p [<timeout>]
Persist EOF (optional timeout in seconds).
.TP
.B \-x <pixels>
Set x position on the screen.
.TP
.B \-y <pixels>
Set y position on the screen.
.TP
.B \-h <pixels>
Set line height (defaults to fontheight + 2 pixels).
.TP
.B \-w <pixels>
width
.TP
.B \-xs <n>
Set the Xinerama screen number where nezd should appear.
.TP
.B \-v
Display version information.

.SH AUTHOR
.B Nezd
has been written by
.B Robert Manea.
This manpage has been written, based on nezd documentation, by Petr
Ročkai, for Debian GNU/Linux, but may be used by others. This manpage
falls under the same licence as Nezd itself, see
/usr/share/doc/nezd/copyright.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dbar (1),
.BR gcpubar (1),
.BR gdbar (1),
and
.BR textwidth (1).
More detailed documentation (especially on the formatting language of
nezd) is available in /usr/share/doc/nezd/README.gz.