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Doc: Manual, usage, and logic cleanup
- cmatrix.1 > cmatrix.6 (other screensavers seem filed as games) - rewrite manual in mdoc(7) according to its best practices - write document description for visibility in manual searches - maintain synopsis, options, and keystrokes (consisency, organization, nits) -do this in cmatrix.c usage for consistency - do this in cmatrix.c logic for maintainability - write vendor neutral description of the program - add EXAMPLES including updated readme and vendor neutral examples - add SEE ALSO, including homepage as well as relevant manual pages - add HISTORY mentioning original author, date, and vendor - add CAVEATS mentioning trademarks - revise BUGS, black doesn't work, and cmatrix no longer has high utilization Fixes: abishekvashok#87, abishekvashok#105, and abishekvashok#162
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.Dd April 8, 2024 | ||
.Dt CMATRIX 6 | ||
.Os | ||
.Sh NAME | ||
.Nm cmatrix | ||
.Nd Matrix digital rain terminal screensaver | ||
.Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
.Nm | ||
.Op Fl \&?abBcfhklLmnorsVx | ||
.Op Fl C Ar color | ||
.Op Fl M Ar message | ||
.Op Fl t Ar tty | ||
.Op Fl u Ar delay | ||
.Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
The | ||
.Nm | ||
utility shows digital rain in a terminal. | ||
It supports a selection of characters, colors, rates, and speeds, | ||
as well as lock, interactive, and screensaver modes. | ||
.Pp | ||
The following command-line options are available: | ||
.Pp | ||
.Bl -tag -width "-M message" -compact | ||
.It Fl a | ||
Asynchronous scroll | ||
.It Fl b | ||
Bold characters on | ||
.It Fl B | ||
All bold characters, overrides | ||
.Fl b | ||
.It Fl c | ||
Use Japanese characters, requires appropriate font | ||
.It Fl C Ar color | ||
.Sq Ar green | ||
Use this | ||
.Ar color | ||
of the eight colors in the table below | ||
.It Fl f | ||
Force the | ||
.Va $TERM | ||
type to be on | ||
.It Fl h , Fl \&? | ||
Print usage and exit | ||
.It Fl k | ||
Change characters while scrolling, cannot combine with | ||
.Fl o | ||
.It Fl l | ||
Linux mode, use matrix console font | ||
.It Fl L | ||
Lock mode, can be | ||
.Xr kill 1 Ns ed | ||
from another terminal | ||
.It Fl m | ||
Lambda mode, every character becomes a lambda | ||
.It Fl M Ar message | ||
Add centered | ||
.Ar message | ||
overriding | ||
.Fl L Ns Ap s | ||
default | ||
.It Fl n | ||
No bold characters, overrides | ||
.Fl b | ||
and | ||
.Fl B | ||
.It Fl o | ||
Use old-style scrolling | ||
.It Fl r | ||
Rainbow mode, rainbow colored characters | ||
.It Fl s | ||
Screensaver mode, exits on first keystroke | ||
.It Fl t Ar tty | ||
Set tty to use | ||
.It Fl u Ar delay | ||
.Sq Ar 4 | ||
Screen update delay | ||
.Ar 0 Ns Pf - Ar 9 | ||
.It Fl V | ||
Print version information and exit | ||
.It Fl x | ||
X window mode, use if your | ||
.Xr xterm 1 | ||
is using mtx.pcf | ||
.El | ||
.Pp | ||
The following keystrokes are available during execution: | ||
.Pp | ||
.Bl -tag -width "! @ # $ % ^ & *" -compact | ||
.It Ic "! @ # $ % ^ & *" | ||
Switch scheme to corresponding | ||
.Ar color : | ||
.Pp | ||
.TS | ||
aw10 aw10. | ||
! red @ green | ||
# yellow $ blue | ||
% magenta ^ cyan | ||
& white * black | ||
.TE | ||
.Pp | ||
.It Ic 0 Ns Pf - Ic 9 | ||
Set update delay | ||
.It Ic a | ||
Toggle asynchronous scroll | ||
.It Ic b | ||
Random bold characters | ||
.It Ic B | ||
All bold characters | ||
.It Ic m | ||
Lambda mode | ||
.It Ic n | ||
Turn off bold characters | ||
.It Ic p , Ic P | ||
Pause | ||
.It Ic q | ||
Quit | ||
.It Ic r | ||
Rainbow mode | ||
.El | ||
.Sh EXAMPLES | ||
Interactive mode with asynchronous, partially-bold, red rain: | ||
.Dl $ cmatrix -ab -C red -u 2 | ||
.Pp | ||
Interactive mode with asynchronous, partially-bold and Japanese rain: | ||
.Dl $ cmatrix -abc | ||
.Pp | ||
Screensaver mode emulating the classic from Windows/Mac: | ||
.Dl $ cmatrix -os | ||
.Pp | ||
Most realistic emulation of original movie: | ||
.Dl $ cmatrix -abcl | ||
.Sh SEE ALSO | ||
.Xr kill 1 , | ||
.Xr xterm 1 , | ||
.Xr ncurses 3 | ||
.Pp | ||
.Lk http://www.github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix Homepage | ||
.Sh HISTORY | ||
The | ||
.Nm | ||
utility was originally written by | ||
.An Chris Allegretta Aq Mt [email protected] | ||
for Linux in 1999. | ||
.Sh CAVEATS | ||
This is a fan made project, the Matrix movie is owned by completely | ||
unrelated trademark holders. | ||
.Sh BUGS | ||
The color black does not work. |
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