droste(6) XScreenSaver manual droste(6)

NAME

droste - screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

droste [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--delay number] [--duration seconds] [--speed ratio] [--r1
ratio] [--r2 ratio] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

Mise en abyme: infinite spiral recursion within images.

Works best with images that have a central circular feature.

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.

--delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02
seconds).

--duration number
How long until loading a new image, in seconds. Default: 2
minutes.

--speed number
Speed of zooming into the image. 2.0 means twice as fast,
0.5 means half as fast. Negative to zoom out.

--r1 number
Inner radius of the spiral. Default: 0.2.

--r2 number
Outer radius of the spiral. Default: 0.7.

--fps | --no--fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of
the screen.

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) 2023 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.

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