strange(6) XScreenSaver manual strange(6)

NAME

strange - draws strange attractors

SYNOPSIS

strange [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay
microseconds]

[--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The strange program draws strange attractors

OPTIONS

strange 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 100.
The colors are chosen randomly.

--points integer
Change the number of points/iterations each frame. Default
5500. More than 6000 activates the accumulator, which makes
parts of the image brighter or darker depending on how often
the attractor hits each pixel.

--point-size integer
Changes the size of individual points. Default 1.

--zoom float
Zooms in or out. Default 0.9.

--brightness float
Adjusts the brightness for accumulator mode. Default 1.0.

--motion-blur float
Adds motion blur. Default 3.0, no motion blur is 1.0.

--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), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997 by Massimino Pascal.

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

Massimino Pascal <Pascal.Massimon@ens.fr>, 1997.

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

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