dockapps/wmgrabimage/wmGrabImage/wmGrabImage.1

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.TH WMGRABIMGAE 1 "16 December 1998"
.SH NAME
WMGRABIMGAE \- Dockable WWW Image monitor.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wmGrabImage
[-h] [-display <Display>] -url <Image URL> [-http <URL>] [-c] [-delay <Time>]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
wmGrabImage is a WindowMaker DockApp that maintains a small thumbnail copy of
your favorite image from the WWW. The image to monitor is specified via the
"-url <Image URL>" command-line option and it gets updated approximately every
5 minutes. The update interval can be overridden via the "-delay <Time>"
command-line option (Time is in seconds).
.P
Each of the three mouse buttons can be double clicked with the following effects;
.TP
.B Left Mouse:
Brings up the full-sized image in xv.
.TP
.B Middle Mouse:
Sends a URL (specified via the -http <URL> command-line option) to an already
running netscape process or in a new netscape process if there arent any
running.
.TP
.B Right Mouse:
Updates the image immediately.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h
Display list of command-line options.
.TP
.B \-display [display]
Use an alternate X Display.
.TP
.B \-url <Image URL>
The URL of the WWW image to monitor.
.TP
.B \-http <URL>
The URL to send to netscape via a Middle double click.
.TP
.B \-c
Center the image vertically within the icon.
.TP
.B \-delay <Time>
The time between updates. The default is about 5 minutes.
.SH FILES
The original sized image and the thumbnail XPM image are both stored in
~/.wmGrabImage/ which gets created if it doesnt already exist.
.SH SEE ALSO
wget and the ImageMagick convert utility.
.SH BUGS
Who knows? -- its still Beta though. (Let me know if you find any). Oldish
versions of the ImageMagick convert utility have a memory leak -- if you have
that problem, upgrade to the latest version.
.SH AUTHOR
Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>