XSCAST(1)

okay bestie, this is XSCAST(1) from the General Commands Manual — the page for xscast, aka your little screencast sidekick. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

xscast — screencasts of windows with list of keystrokes overlayed ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xscast [OPTION]...  OUTPUT-FILE
xscast -h|--help
xscast -c|--config

🎀 DESCRPTION 🎀

So xscast is literally a tool for making mini-screencasts of a terminal or other window. 🫶 It puts a bar on top of the terminal (with dzen2(1)) that shows the keys as you press them, and it outputs an animated GIF. slay. 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -s, --height — sets the height of the keystroke display box. 📏
• -p, --pad — sets the amount of space between the box and the window edge. 🧚
• -f, --font — sets the font in which the keystrokes are displayed. 🎀
• -a, --align — aligns the keystroke text to [l]eft, [c]enter, or [r]ight. ⭐
• -t, --color, --fg — sets the color of the text. 💜
• -b, --background, --bg — sets the color of the keystroke box. 🌈
• -n, --no-bar — does not display the bar containing keystrokes. 🙈
• -d, --delay — sets a delay before starting to record. ⏳

🗂️ FILES 🗂️

• ~/.xscastrc — configuration file. Run xscast -c or xscast --config to update this. 💾

🐛 BUGS 🐛

Probably. 😭 That's the whole note. probably. 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

KeyboardFire — <andy@keyboardfire.com> 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go check out ffmpeg(1), convert(1), xinput(1), and dzen2(1) bestie. 🔥

k bye bestie — this was XSCAST(1) from the General Commands Manual, dated 2016-07-11 💖🦋