NAME
worldpieces - globe assembly screen saver.
SYNOPSIS
worldpieces [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed ratio] [--no-wander] [--no-rotate] [--spin ratio] [--speed ratio] [--no-stars] [--underground] [--fastforward] [--wireframe] [--fps]
DESCRIPTION
The Earth fills up with countries one at a time, solving international relations like a jigsaw puzzle.
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: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
- --speed ratio
-
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
- --wander | --no-wander
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Whether the planet should wander around the screen.
- --spin ratio
-
Whether and how fast the planet should rotate around the axis. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
- --roll | --no-roll
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Whether the planet should wobble.
- --stars | --no-stars
-
Whether to display a star field.
- --underground | --no-underground
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Whether to show the seamy underbelly of the countries.
- --fastforward | --no-fastforward
-
If you are impatient waiting for the countries to fill in, this will initially skip ahead a bit.
- --wireframe | --no-wireframe
-
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
- --image file
-
The image to use for the Earth's surface.
- --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
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The window ID to use with --root.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 by Jamie Zawinski. 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
Jamie Zawinski.