---
name: "imsmap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xscreensaver"
version: "3.34-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/imsmap"
---

# imsmap(1)

generate fractal maps

## NAME

imsmap - generate fractal maps

## SYNOPSIS

**imsmap** \[-display *host:display.screen*\] \[-foreground *color*\] \[-background *color*\] \[-window\] \[-root\] \[-mono\] \[-install\] \[-visual *visual*\] \[-ncolors *int*\] \[-delay *seconds*\] \[-iterations *int*\] \[-mode h\|s\|v\|random\] \[-cycle\] \[-no-cycle\]

## DESCRIPTION

The *imsmap* program generates map or cloud-like patterns.  It looks quite different in monochrome and color.

## OPTIONS

*imsmap* accepts the following options:

- **-window**

  Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

- **-root**

  Draw on the root 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 to use.  Default 50.

- **-delay *integer***

  How long to delay between images.  Default 10 seconds.

- **-iterations *integer***

  A measure of the resolution of the resultant image, from 0 to 7.  Default 7.

- **-mode \[ hue \| saturation \| value \| random \]**

  The axis upon which colors should be interpolated between the foreground and background color.  Default random.

- **-cycle**

  - **-no-cycle**

  Whether to do colormap cycling.  Default is to cycle.

- **-cycle-delay**

  Number of microseconds between shifts of the colormap; default 100000, or 1/10th second.

## 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.

## SEE ALSO

**X**(1), [**xscreensaver**(1)](/xscreensaver/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Juergen Nickelsen \<nickel@cs.tu-berlin.de\>, 23-aug-92.

Hacked on by Jamie Zawinski \<jwz@jwz.org\>, 24-aug-92, 17-May-97.