xspirograph(6) XScreenSaver manual xspirograph(6)

NAME

xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim

SYNOPSIS

xspirograph [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root]
[--window-id number][--install] [--visual visual] [--delay seconds]
[--subdelay useconds] [--layers integer] [--alwaysfinish]
[--noalwaysfinish] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that
is, the curve traced by a point on a circular disk rotating on the
inside of a hollow circular rim.

OPTIONS

xspirograph 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.

--delay secs
The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next.
Default: 5 seconds.

--subdelay usec
The time to delay between each hundred line draws. Use this
if you want to see the pattern form. Default: 0.

--alwaysfinish --noalwaysfinish
If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify
the first. Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of
iterations. Default: no.

--layers integer
Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.

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) 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com>
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.

Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.

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