ripples6

Usage

Overview

This draws rippling interference patterns like splashing water. With the -water option, it manipulates your desktop image to look like something is dripping into it.

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: 50000 (0.05 seconds.).

--duration seconds

How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120 seconds.

--rate number

Drizzle. 1 - 100. Default: 5.

--fluidity number

Small Drops. 0 - 16. Default: 6.

--light number

Lighting Effect. 0 - 8. Default: 0.

--water | --no-water

Grab Screen Image. Boolean.

--stir | --no-stir

Moving Splashes. Boolean.

--oily | --no-oily

Psychedelic Colors. Boolean.

--grayscale

Convert the screen image to grayscale. Ignored if we don't grab the screen image or if our screen doesn't have enough color depth.

--colors number

Colors Two. Default: 200.

--shm | --no-shm

Use Shared Memory. Boolean.

--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.