NAME
whirlygig -- zooming chains of sinusoidal spots
SYNOPSIS
whirlygig [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-background] [-foreground] [-xspeed] [-yspeed] [-whirlies] [-nlines]
DESCRIPTION
The whirlygig program draws a series of circles on your screen. They then move about in a cyclic pattern
OPTIONS
whirlygig accepts the following options:
- -window
-
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
-
Draw on the root 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.
- -xspeed speed
-
Specify how fast the dots should cycle horizontally. Try out values from .01 to 4000
- -yspeed speed
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Specify how fast the dots should cycle vertically. Try out values from .01 to 4000
- -whirlies a number
-
Specify how many whilrlies you want
- -nlines number of lines
-
Specify how many lines of whirlies you want
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.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001 by Ashton Trey Belew. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Ashton Trey Belew <[email protected]>, 31-Mar-01