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bb − The aalib demo

SYNOPSIS

bb [options]

DESCRIPTION

The bb, command show an high quality audio-visual demonstration for your text terminal

OPTIONS

A summary of options are included below. For a complete description type bb -help.

	−help		Show summary of options.
	−loop		play demo in infinite loop

−driver

select driver available drivers:linux slang X11 stdout stderr

−kbddriver

select keyboard driver available drivers:slang X11 stdin

−mousedriver

select mouse driver available drivers:X11 gpm dos

−width

set width

−height

set height

−minwidth

set minimal width

−minheight

set minimal height

−maxwidth

set maximal width

−maxheight

set maximal height

−recwidth

set recomended width

−recheight

set recomended height

	−dim		enable usage of dim (half bright) attribute
	−bold		enable usage of bold (double bright) attribute

−reverse

enable usage of reverse attribute

−normal

enable usage of normal attribute

−boldfont

enable usage of boldfont attrubute

−no<attr>

disable (i.e -nobold)

−extended

use all 256 characters

−eight

use eight bit ascii

−font <font>

select font(This option have effect just on hardwares where aalib is unable to determine current font available fonts:vga8 vga9 mda14 vga14 X8x13 X8x16 X8x13bold vgagl8 line

−inverse

enable inverse rendering

−noinverse

disable inverse rendering

−bright <val>

set bright (0-255)

−contrast <val>

set contrast (0-255)

−gamma <val>

set gamma correction value(0-1)

−nodither

disable dithering

−floyd_steinberg

floyd steinberg dithering

−error_distribution

error distribution dithering

−random <val>

set random dithering value(0-inf)

−dimmul <val>

multiply factor for dim color (5.3)

−boldmul <val>

multiply factor for dim color (2.7)

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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