memscroller(6) XScreenSaver manual memscroller(6)

NAME

memscroller - scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen

SYNOPSIS

memscroller [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root]
[--window-id number][--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--font
font] [--delay int] [--mono | -color] [--ram | -random | --filename
file] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The memscroller program scrolls a dump of its own process memory
across the screen in three windows at three different rates.

OPTIONS

memscroller 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.

--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.

--color Render each three bytes of memory as R, G, B. This is the
default.

--mono Render each byte of memory in shades of green.

--ram Read from the process's address space. This is the default.

--random
Instead of reading from memory, generate random numbers.

--filename file
Instead of reading from memory, read from the given file
until EOF, then re-open it. If you have permission, /dev/mem
is an interesting choice here. (Note that /dev/null won't
ever display anything, because it returns EOF without ever
returning any data.)

--delay microseconds
How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
animation. Default 10000.

--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) 2004 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>, 14-Aug-2004.

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