dzen2(1)

NAME

   dzen2 - general-purpose messaging and notification for X11

SYNOPSIS

   dzen2 [-v] [-p [seconds]] [-m [v|h]] [-ta <l|c|r>] [-sa <l|c|r>]
         [-x <pixel>] [-y <pixel>] [-w <pixel>] [-tw <pixel>] [-u]
         [-e <string>] [-l <lines>]  [-fn <font>] [-bg <color>]
         [-fg <color>] [-xs <screen>]

DESCRIPTION

   Dzen  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.

   Dzen 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.

OPTIONS

   -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).

   -bg <color>
          Set background color (same format as -fg).

   -fn <font>
          Set font (using the format of xlsfonts and xfontsel).

   -ta <l|c|r>
          Set  alignement  of  title  window content: l(eft), c(center) or
          r(ight).

   -tw <pixels>
          Set title window width.

   -sa <l|c|r>
          Set alignment of slave window (see -ta ).

   -l <lines>
          Number of lines to display in slave window (see (1) in README).

   -e <event1=action1:option1:...,action2;event2=...>
          Set up events and actions, eg. responses to  mouse  clicks  (see
          (2) in README).

   -m     Start up in menu mode (see (3) in README).

   -u     Update  contents  of  title and slave window simultaneously, see
          (see (4) in README).

   -p [<timeout>]
          Persist EOF (optional timeout in seconds).

   -x <pixels>
          Set x position on the screen.

   -y <pixels>
          Set y position on the screen.

   -h <pixels>
          Set line height (defaults to fontheight + 2 pixels).

   -w <pixels>
          width

   -xs <n>
          Set the Xinerama screen number where dzen should appear.

   -v     Display version information.

AUTHOR

   Dzen2 has been written by Robert Manea.  This manpage has been written,
   based  on dzen documentation, by Petr Rokai, for Debian GNU/Linux, but
   may be used by others. This manpage falls under  the  same  licence  as
   Dzen2 itself, see /usr/share/doc/dzen2/copyright.

SEE ALSO

   dzen2-dbar(1),        dzen2-gcpubar(1),       dzen2-gdbar(1),       and
   dzen2-textwidth(1).  More detailed  documentation  (especially  on  the
   formatting      language      of     dzen2)     is     available     in
   /usr/share/doc/dzen2/README.gz.

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