TIL (and so should you) about: xeyes -biblicallyAccurate (dreifir.com)

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As far as I know, Xeyes has "always" been part of GUI oriented Linux installs, and despite using it for mouse testing from time to time for over 25 years at this point, I never read the manpage. Well, my daughter, aged five, likes to play with xeyes and I decided to check the manpage if there was something I could do to change it up a little. Well, there is.

"WTF does this switch do?" *tests* "lol, of course that's what it does..."

Note: The switch is case sensitive. I have version 1.3.0 here, not sure when this option was added.

EDIT: Lemmy won't let me embed .mp4 inline, so I edited this post into a link. I also posted it here for those with cache issues.

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xeyes/-/merge_requests/6

Merged 2023. Not sure which version it released in. The release notes probably mention, but I'm on my phone and I don't care enough to hunt.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No video? Please video. 🥺

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Added one in the OP

[-] kcuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

First thing I looked for was your prompt, well done on redacting it

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you for this! That is fantastic! 😂

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