starfish(6) XScreenSaver manual starfish(6)

NAME

starfish - radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics
demo

SYNOPSIS

starfish [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--delay2 secs]
[--thickness pixels] [--rotation degrees] [--duration seconds]
[--colors int] [--blob] [--no-blob] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The starfish program draws radially symmetric objects, which expand,
contract, rotate, and turn inside out. It uses these shapes to lay
down a field of smooth colors, and then rotates the colormap.

OPTIONS

starfish 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.

--delay microseconds
How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
animation. Default 10000, or about 1/100th second.

--thickness pixels
How wide each color band should be. Default 0, meaning
random (the chosen value will be between 0 and 15.)

--rotation degrees
How quickly the objects should rotate at each step. Default
0, meaning random (the chosen value will be between 0 and 12
degrees.)

--colors int
How many colors to use. Default 200. The more colors, the
smoother the transitions will be, and the nicer the resultant
images.

--duration seconds
How long to run before choosing a new shape. Default 30
seconds.

--delay2 seconds
When duration expires, how long to wait before starting a new
run. Default 5 seconds.

--blob

--no-blob
If blob option is specified, then the raw shapes will be
shown, instead of a field of colors generated from them.

--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) 1997 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-Jun-97.

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