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.TH NAME SECTION 
.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.SH NAME
xrootconsole \- Fancy X Console Display
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xrootconsole
.I "[option]..."
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR xrootconsole
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
.B xrootconsole
redirects /dev/console to a transparent window on the root window.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options are included below.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-geometry GEO
the geometry of the window (default 80x25+0+0).
.TP
.B \-file FILENAME
the filename of the device to monitor.
.TP
.B \-fn FONT
the font to use (default fixed).
.TP
.B \-fg COLOR
foreground color of the text (default white).
.TP
.B \-bd COLOR
border color (default white).
.TP
.B \-bw WIDTH
border width (default 0)
.TP
.B \-\-topdown
insert lines at the top and scroll the rest down.
.TP
.B \-\-wrap
wrap long lines, instead of cutting them off.
.TP
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Bradley Bell <btb@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
.SH BUGS
This program may have to be run as root.