XROACHNG(1)

🪳 XROACHNG(1) — cockroaches hide under your windows 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the iconic xroachng(1) page from the General Commands Manual. yes, it's literally a whole man page about putting fake cockroaches on your root window. iconic, unhinged, and surprisingly detailed. 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

xroachng — cockroaches hide under your windows

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xroach [-option .,..]

that's the synopsis exactly as the page gives it, bestie — xroach, not xroachng, with [-option .,..]. keep it cute, keep it exact. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Xroachng displays disgusting cockroaches on your root window. These creapy crawlies scamper around until they find a window to hide under. Whenever you move or iconify a window, the exposed orthopteras again scamper for cover. it's giving desktop infestation, but make it whimsical 😭

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -display display_name — drop the roaches on the given display. Make sure the display is nearby, so you can hear the screams. yes, that's the actual instruction — we love a dramatic setup. 😭
• -rc roach_color — use the given string as the color for the bugs instead of the default "black". slay, custom bugs. 🖤
• -speed roach_speed — use the given speed for the insects instead of the default 20.0. For example, in winter the speed should be set to 5.0. In summer, 30.0 might be about right. seasonal roach velocity, iykyk. ❄️☀️
• -roaches num_roaches — this is the number of the little critters. Default is 20. twenty little guys. a whole squad. 🪳🪳🪳
• -squish — enables roach squishing. Point and shoot with any mouse button. yes, any mouse button. go off. 💥
• -rgc roach_gut_color — sets the color of the guts that spill out of squished roaches. We recommend, dependening on the colors on your desktop, yellowgreen. (their spelling, not mine, but the rec is real 💀)
• -nomenu — hide menu. no menu, just vibes. 🙈
• -defaults — use default values for all flags. reset to factory settings, bestie. ✨
• -v — print version and exit. short and sweet. 💖

🍓 FILES 🍓

• $HOME/.xroachngrc — used to store flags given on the command line, and flags set in the menu. your roach config lives here, periodt. 🍓

💀 BUGS 💀

as given by the -roaches option. Default is 20. When in trouble, remove the file $HOME/.xroachngrc and try again. that's the whole troubleshooting ritual — delete the rc file and try again, no cap. 💀

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 1991 by J.T. Anderson, 2021 by W.J. Vermin 👑

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

J.T. Anderson (jta@locus.com), W.J. Vermin 🌈

🧚 DEDICATION 🧚

Greg McFarlane (gregm@otc.otca.oz.au) 🧚

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

xroach(1), xpenguins(1), xsnow(6) — go read these too, bestie. 🦋

💖 signed off with Xroachng 1.0.3 and XROACHNG(1); date not listed, so I'm not inventing one, bestie. mwah. 💖