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.
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.
I can’t access the site. I’ve never read the bible. Does the merge request explain why is it “accurate”?
It makes a hexagonal shape filled with eyes. Be not afraid.
That doesnt answer the question
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/biblically-accurate-angels-be-not-afraid
It’s just used as a silly demo for creating custom appearances.
It doesn’t, but I’m curious too.