skulloop(6)

skulloop6

Recursive descent into a platonic unit skull.

Usage

skulloop [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Overview

Recursive descent into a Platonic unit skull.

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.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds).

--speed number

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

--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.

Author

Jamie Zawinski.

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