cynosure(6) XScreenSaver manual cynosure(6)

NAME

cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

cynosure [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number]
[--iterations number] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first
implementation was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozymandias G. Desiderata
wrote a Java applet clone. That clone was discovered by Jamie
Zawinski, and ported to C for inclusion here.

OPTIONS

--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.

--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.

--delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 500000 (0.50
seconds.).

--ncolors number
Number of Colors. Default: 128.

--iterations number
Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100.

--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) 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and
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

Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski.

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