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spirographx(1)

spirographx1

Animated spirographs

Usage

spirographx [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--detail/-d number] [--interval/-i number]

Overview

Port of SpirographX by Holmes Futrell <[email protected]> (http://homepage.mac.com/solidmag/spiro/).

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

Options

--root

Draw on the root window.

--maxfps number

Set maximum frame rate.

--vsync number

Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1

--dpms number

Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1

--detail number

Number of line segments. 10 - 100. Default: 45

--interval number

Seconds between random settings change. 5 - 120. Default: 15

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

History

  • Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze): the text shown here
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

--dpms since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --vsync since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

--nice until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

Holmes Futrell <[email protected]> and Tugrul Galatali <[email protected]>

From rss-glx 0.9.1-6.4~deb12u1 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.