Xeyes - Manual

Name

xeyes - a follow the mouse X demo

xeyes [ option ... ]

Xeyes watches what you do and reports to the Boss. [sic]

-fg foreground colour: choose a different colour for the pupil of the eyes.
-bg background colour: choose a different colour for the background.
-outline outline colour: choose a different colour for the outline of the eyes.
-center center colour: choose a different colour for the center of the eyes.
-backing { WhenMapped Always NotUseful }: selects an appropriate level of backing store.
-geometry geometry: define the initial window geometry.
-display display: specify the display to use.
-bd border colour: choose a different colour for the window border.
-bw border width: choose a different width for the window border.
-shape: uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window. This is the default.
+shape: disables use of the SHAPE extension to shape the window.
-render: uses Xrender to draw anti-aliased eyes. This is the default in Xming's xeyes which has been compiled with Xrender support.
+render: disables Xrender and draws traditional eyes.
-distance: uses an alternative mapping, as if the eyes were set back from the screen, thus following the mouse more precisely.
-biblicallyAccurate: renders the eyes as if they belonged to a biblically accurate angel.
-help: print a usage message and exit.
-version: print the version number and exit.

Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
Copied from the NeWS version written (apparently) by Jeremy Huxtable as seen at SIGGRAPH ’88

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