AUTOCUE(1)

NAME
autocue - display text in X11 cut buffers timed depending on size of text

SYNOPSIS
autocue [-S speed] [-c maxcut] [-s symbolic-speed] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
The autocue utility reads a text input file, and sends formatted output to the X11 cut buffers by using the xcb utility. autocue will then wait for a period of time (dependent upon the speed settings), before sending the next paragraph of text to the next cut buffers.

The options are as follows:

-S speed
    Takes a numeric value for speed, which is the number of characters per second that the text can be read. See also the s argument for some pre-defined rates. Slow readers can generally read at 3 characters per second, medium at 7 characters per second, and fast readers at 10 or more characters per second.

-c maxcut
    Provides the maximum number of X11 cut buffers which will be used.

-s speed
    Provides pre-computed fast, medium and slow definitions for the speed.

    If autocue is going too fast, then a SIGUSR2 signal delivered via kill(1) will make it go one character per second slower. If autocue is going too slowly, then a SIGUSR1 signal delivered via kill(1) will make it go one character per second faster.

EXIT STATUS
The autocue utility exits 0 on success, and 0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
kill(1)

AUTHORS
The autocue was written by Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.