strange(1)

strange1

Draws strange attractors

Usage

strange [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds]

Overview

The strange program draws strange attractors

Options

strange 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 should be used (if possible). Default 64. The colors are chosen randomly.

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1–3.0

Author

Massimino Pascal <[email protected]>, 1997.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 10-May-97.

From xscreensaver 3.34-3 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.