Bug 40513 - New port: xrootconsole, live log(s) printed onto background
Summary: New port: xrootconsole, live log(s) printed onto background
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-ports (Nobody)
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Reported: 2002-07-13 02:50 UTC by incabulos@mac.com &
Modified: 2002-07-15 11:25 UTC (History)
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Description incabulos@mac.com & 2002-07-13 02:50:01 UTC 
It writes any text (or stdin) to the background of X with options for
placement, colors, and what to take its input from.

For instance, I use:
xrootconsole -geometry 132x55+40+30 -fg cyan --wrap /var/log/messages

Enjoy.
Comment 1 Ying-Chieh Liao freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-07-15 11:24:52 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

committed, thanks