lupe - real-time magnifying glass for X11

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lupe - real-time magnifying glass for X11

#1 Post by goingnuts »

From here where you also can find other nice apps. Source seems to be from 1998!

15K bin with few deps: Xext,m,Xau, Xdmps.
Has a nice collection of switches:
usage: lupe [-display DISP] [-geometry WxH+X+Y] [-bw N] [-mag N]
[-shape|-noshape] [-reticle|-noreticle] [-hud|-nohud] [-iff|-noiff]
[-update milliseconds] [-delay milliseconds] [-timer seconds]

From man:
-display " name"
Display connection.
-geometry " WxH+X+Y"
Source area WxH pixels.
Lupe window is W*mag x H*mag pixels. Default source area is 25x25 pixels.
-bw " n"
Border width In pixels. The default border width is 2 pixels.
-mag " n"
Magnify factor In pixels. The default magnify factor is 6.
-shape
Uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window. This is the default.
-noshape
Disables uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window.
-reticle
Display cross hairs reticle. This is the default.
-noreticle
Not display cross hairs reticle.
-hud
Enable Head-Up Display. This is the default.
-nohud
Disable Head-Up Display.
-iff
Display target pixel code and RGB values. This is the default.
-noiff
Not display target pixel code and RGB values.
-delay " n"
Mouse pointer is stopping over \fIn\fP milliseconds, Lupe sleep. Default 5000 milliseconds.
-update " n"
Lupe sleep In milliseconds, and wake up to update image. Default 333 milliseconds.
-timer " n"
Set snap-shot timer In seconds. Default 5 seconds.
"KEY BINDINGS"
Mouse button 1: Iconify lupe.
Mouse button 2 and 3: Quit lupe.
q: Quit lupe.
Escape: Iconify lupe.
Space: Toggle information display on/off.
Return: Start snap-shot timer.
Few seconds (specified -timer option) later, magnifying is stopped and hold the magnified image. Retype this key to reset snap-shot timer.
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#2 Post by sc0ttman »

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