squiral(6) XScreenSaver manual squiral(6)

NAME

squiral - square spirals screensaver

SYNOPSIS

squiral [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--noinstall] [--visual visual] [--fill percent] [--count
number] [--scale number] [--delay usec] [--disorder fraction]
[--handedness fraction] [--cycle] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The squiral program displays interacting, spiral-producing automata

OPTIONS

squiral 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.

--fill percent
Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be
filled before the screen is cleared. 60-80 percent are good
values.

--count number
The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width
divided by 32.

--scale number
Line thickness.

--delay usec
The wait between steps. The default is 1000.

--disorder fraction
The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new
direction. The default is 0.005.

--handedness fraction
The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter
lefthanded mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed
behavior, 0.5 (the default) is a balance between the two, and
1.0 is exclusively left-handed behaviour.

--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.

BUGS

None known

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord 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 fnord this
software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
fnord implied warranty.

AUTHOR

Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999


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