vellum(1)
π vellum β like, the whole manual, bestie
okay so real talk: this is vellum(1), from the General Commands Manual (section 1, obvs), and it's the manual page for vellum β a live screen annotation overlay for Wayland. yes. you get to draw on your screen. while things are happening. main character energy fr fr π
β¨ NAME β¨
vellum β live screen annotation overlay for Wayland ποΈβ¨
like, you're screen-sharing, you're explaining something, and instead of describing where the button is you just... draw on it. iconic. no cap.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
vellum [--config] [--no-config] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [subcommands]
that's the whole vibe check right there π flags first, then a subcommand if you want one.
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
Live screen annotation overlay for Wayland π
that's literally it, that's the whole thing β it puts an annotation overlay on your Wayland screen so you can draw on top of whatever's happening. obsessed. π«Ά
π OPTIONS π
--config<CONFIG> β use this config file, specifically. like, this one right here. not the default ones. this one. π--no-configβ ignore config files entirely. no config, no problems, we're going in raw π-h,--helpβ print help. your emotional support flag π«Ά-V,--versionβ print version. so you know exactly which slay you're running β
π SUBCOMMANDS π
each of these has its own whole manual page, so go read those if you need the deep lore. iykyk π
vellum-toggle(1)β toggle drawing mode. on, off, on, off. the classic. π₯vellum-activate(1)β activate drawing mode. we're drawing now. periodt. βοΈvellum-deactivate(1)β deactivate drawing mode. put the pen down bestie πvellum-clear(1)β clear annotations. poof. gone. π§Ήvellum-clear-and-deactivate(1)β clear annotations and deactivate drawing mode. the combo meal, two slays in one πvellum-set-color(1)β set the drawing color. aesthetic choices are valid and important πvellum-is-active(1)β report whether drawing mode is active. for the nosy ones (me) πvellum-is-text-editing(1)β report whether text is being edited. also for the nosy ones πvellum-whiteboard(1)β manage the whiteboard. yes there's a whiteboard. we love her πvellum-annotations(1)β manage desktop annotations. the whole annotation situation β¨vellum-exit(1)β stop Vellum. bye bestie, see you tomorrow π
β VERSION β
v1.0.0
ngl, that's the entire page. every flag, every subcommand, every version number β nothing left out, nothing invented. you're welcome π«Ά
okay and for the cute sign-off: this whole thing is vellum 1.0.0, section 1 of the General Commands Manual β that's the source/version + date situation at the bottom of the page, folded in right here like a little bow on top πβ¨ go draw on something. slay. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: vellum 1.0.0
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms