bubble3d(6)

bubble3d6

3d rising bubbles.

Usage

bubble3d [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--transparent] [--color color] [--fps]

Overview

Draws a stream of rising, undulating 3D bubbles, rising toward the top of the screen, with nice specular reflections.

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.

--transparent

Draw transparent bubbles instead of solid ones.

--color color

Draw bubbles of the specified color. "Random" means a different color for each bubble.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 15000 (0.015 seconds.).

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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.

Author

Richard Jones.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.