xrayswarm(6)

xrayswarm6

Swarms with color trails.

Usage

xrayswarm [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--fps]

Overview

Draws a few swarms of critters flying around the screen, with nicely faded color trails behind them.

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: 0 (0.00 seconds.).

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

Chris Leger.

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