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gibson(6x)

Hacking the Gibson screen saver.

NAME

gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

gibson [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--grid-width number] [--grid-depth number] [--grid-height number] [--grid-spacing number] [--columns number] [--no-texture] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

Hacking the Gibson, as per the 1995 classic film, HACKERS.

"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials for their own ends. These people, they are terrorists."

OPTIONS

--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.

--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.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).

--speed number

Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.

--grid-width number

Number of towers across. 1 - 20. Default: 10.

--grid-depth number

Number of towers deep. 1 - 20. Default: 10.

--grid-height number

Height of the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 7.

--grid-spacing number

Space between towers. 1 - 5. Default: 2.0.

--columns number

Columns of text on the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 6.

--texture | --no-texture

Whether to draw text. Default true.

--wireframe | --no-wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

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 © 2020 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.

History

--columns since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --grid-depth since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --grid-height since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --grid-spacing since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --grid-width since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-texture since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --texture since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-columns until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -grid-depth until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -grid-height until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -grid-spacing until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -grid-width until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-texture until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -texture until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).