Re: Customizing xscreensaver GLText

From	tom <tom@0.0.0.0>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Customizing xscreensaver GLText
Date	2018-09-23 11:34 -0700
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 14:10:41 -0400
"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote:

> The GLText option of xscreensaver offers either System Information
> *or* Date and Time.
> 
> I have tried without success to come up with a variant, by
> customizing the command line, that will display both.
> 
> As an interim solution I have created a GLText2 that basically 
> duplicates GLText, so that GLText can be set to System Information
> and GLText2 can be set to Date and Time and then have random changes
> between the two, but I'd rather have one that combines both.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Perce

I have not used xscreensaver in a while but last I remember you could
set it to a file and just have a cron job cat and grep out something
in /proc/ yes? It also supports UNICODE last time I used it.

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Customizing xscreensaver GLText "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2018-09-22 14:10 -0400
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