cwaves(6) XScreenSaver manual cwaves(6)

NAME

cwaves - languid sinusoidal colors

SYNOPSIS

cwaves [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--waves int]
[--colors int] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The cwaves program draws a languidly-scrolling vertical field of
sinusoidal colors.

OPTIONS

cwaves accepts the following options:

--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root Draw on the root window.

--window-id number
Draw on the specified window.

--mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

--install
Install a private colormap for the window.

--visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
visual.

--delay microseconds
How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
animation. Default 20000, or about 1/50th second.

--waves int
How many cosines to add together. The more waves, the more
complex the apparent motion.

--colors int
How many colors to use. Default 800. The more colors, the
smoother the blending will be.

--fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy,
modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above
copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
No representations are made about the suitability of this software
for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
warranty.

AUTHOR

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 2-Jul-2007.

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