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4.2 The main-menu of gnome-akfavatar

When you invoke the command gnome-akfavatar you will get a menu from which you can choose what to do.

You get the following menu-items:

show a demo or textfile
You get a file selection box and you can choose a text-file or a demo, which is then opened in avatarsay. A demo is a text-file, which uses commands for avatarsay (see Commands for avatarsay).
create or edit a demo
can be used to create a new demo or edit an existing one. When you enter a filename which doesn't exist yet, the file is created with an appropriate #!-line. If you chose a different avatar-image before invoking this item, a command .avatarimage is also included in this file. The executable bit will be set on the created file. Note: All this is just be done for new files, not for files which already existed before.
show a manpage
you are prompted to enter the name of a manpage you want to view. If you want to see a manpage from a special section, you can enter the section number in front of the name separated by a space. For example ‘6 intro’ shows the intro manpage of section 6.
show the output of a command
shows the output of a command in avatarsay. This is only for commands which print something to the standard output or standard error channel. It is not for interactive commands or commands that use curses.
change avatar image
lets you select a different avatar image. See Different avatar image. This setting is only used for the current session unless you use the item save settings.
fullscreen or window mode
click on Okay to select the fullscreen-mode, or Cancel to select the window-mode. This setting is only used for the current session unless you use the item save settings.
save settings
saves the settings, that is the avatar image and whether to run in fullscreen or window mode. Note: these settings are just for gnome-akfavatar; they have no influence when you call avatarsay directly or any other program using the AKFAvatar library.
help for AKFAvatar
shows this document in the help-browser of GNOME
Website
opens the homepage for AKFAvatar in a web-browser.
Exit
exit the program. Note: you can also exit the program by clicking on Cancel or the close button of the window or pressing the <Esc>-key.