sherman - Sherman's aquarium applet

sherman [options]

This is a GNOME 2 panel applet, a WindowMaker applet, and a XscreenSaver "hack" that gives you an aquarium that takes care of itself. No feed, no cleaning and so on.

The temperature scale on the right side shows the CPU load. It can also be configured to display the time and the status of numlock, capslock and scrollock.

The fishes are done by Jim Toomey, the author of the "Sherman's Lagoon" comics. See /usr/share/doc/shermans-aquarium/README.gz for more information.

NOTICE!! All these options, except help, info and version, are only for use with the Windowmaker applet variant! With GNOME, use the Preferences menu instead.

--help

Show this message and exits.

-v, --version

Show version and exits.

-i, --info

Show compile info and exits. -t, --nothermometer Removes the thermometer.

-c, --noclock

Removes the digital clock.

-k, --nokeyleds

Removes the keyboard leds indicator.

-d, --datadir

Alternativ datadir. Overrides default directory and the enviroment variable SHERMANS_AQUARIUM_DATA_DIR.

-b #, --background #

Select background: 1 - Solid blue 2 - Shaded blue 3 - Waterlike (default) -bf <file>, --backgroundfile <file> Select your own background.

-n #, --numfish

Choose the number of fish you want in your aquarium. Five is default.

-m, --matrix

Show matrix scroller when mouse pointer is over. Default off.

-u #, --numbubbles

Choose the number of bubbles. Default is ten.

-x #

X position on the screen.

-y #

Y position on the screen. -x and -y must be given together.

-wm, --startwm

Start WindowMaker applet instead of Gnome applet. (Gnome applet is default if the panel is running.)

-s, --scale

Scale the fish. (100 is scale 1:1. 50 is half size.)

-h #, --height #

Choose the window height. Default is 64 for wm.

-w #, --width #

Choose the window width. Default is 64 for wm.

-fe

Force Enlightenment settings. (Act like a normal program)

-window-id

Run Sherman's aquarium in a special window

-l, --fullscreen

Start in fullscreen instead of as an applet.

-K, --keep-resolution

Keeps the current resolution instead of switching.

-e, --escape-only

Fullscreen quits only when the escape key is pressed.

--xscreensaver

For xscreensaver only.DO NOT USE THIS SWITCH OTHERWISE!!

-f, --seafloor

Add a sea floor on the background in fullscreen mode.

-p, --preferences

Starts the preferences dialog. The preferences will be saved and used next time Sherman's aquarium is started.

-r

Reset settings. If Sherman's aquarium crashes at startup, this might help.

Sherman's aquarium was written by Jonas Aaberg. See /usr/share/doc/shermans-aquarium/AUTHORS for other contributors.

This manual page was written by Jose M. Moya <josem@die.upm.es>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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