TEXTWIDTH(1)
β¨ TEXTWIDTH(1) β the dzen2-textwidth glow-up β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual for dzen2-textwidth π this is a tiny lil tool but she's iconic, no cap.
πΈ NAME πΈ
dzen2-textwidth β literally calculates the width in pixels of text for a given font. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
dzen2-textwidth fontname string
two args. that's the whole vibe. you got this fr fr β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
textwidth is a simple utility that calculates the width in pixels of text with a given font. lowkey does exactly what it says on the tin π
this tool is provided as part of the dzen2 (1) package β so she's part of a bigger friend group, and honestly? the friend group is slaying.
π OPTIONS π
here's the rundown, bestie, a summary of options is included below:
fontnameβ set the font. that's the font, girl, that's what it is πstringβ set the string. yes, the string. the text. the actual words. iconic.
π«Ά AUTHOR π«Ά
textwidth was written by Robert Manea. give him his flowers, he earned them πΈ
this manual page was written by bertagaz <bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, periodt π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
dzen2(1), dzen2-dbar(1), dzen2-gcpubar(1), and dzen2-gdbar(1). go read the rest of the family, they're all serving π
and that's the whole page, bestie!! written way back on Jan 01 2008, from the General Commands Manual section of the TEXTWIDTH(1) source, and she's still out here calculating pixel widths like the main character she is π
β¨ bye ily π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: dzen2 0.9.5~svn271-4+b1 Β· MIT
- debian trixie: dzen2 0.9.5+git20130923.488ab66-1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu jammy: dzen2 0.9.5~svn271-4build1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu noble: dzen2 0.9.5~svn271-4build1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu questing: dzen2 0.9.5+git20130923.488ab66-1
- ubuntu resolute: dzen2 0.9.5+git20130923.488ab66-2 Β· MIT
- ubuntu stonking: dzen2 0.9.5+git20130923.488ab66-2 Β· MIT
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms