drift(6) XScreenSaver manual drift(6)

NAME

drift - draws drifting recursive fractal cosmic flames

SYNOPSIS

drift [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay
microseconds] [--count integer] [--grow] [--no-grow] [--liss]
[--no-liss]

[--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The drift program draws drifting recursive fractal cosmic flames

OPTIONS

drift 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.

--ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 200.
The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around
the color wheel.

--count integer


--grow

--no-grow
Whether fractals should grow; otherwise, they are animated.


--liss

--no-liss
Whether we should use lissajous figures to get points.


--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

flame(6), X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1991, 1995 by Scott Draves.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.

AUTHOR

Scott Draves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>, 06-Jun-91, 01-Jun-95.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie
Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

X Version 11 6.09 (07-Jun-2024) drift(6)