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XScreenSaver !!!XScreenSaver NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT SEE ALSO COPYRIGHT AUTHOR ---- !!NAME helix - draw helical string-art patterns !!SYNOPSIS __helix__ [[-display ''host:display.screen''] [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color''] [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-erase-speed ''usecs''] [[-erase-mode ''integer''] [[-delay ''seconds''] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual''] !!DESCRIPTION The ''helix'' program draws interesting patterns composed of line segments in random colors. !!OPTIONS ''helix'' 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. __-erase-speed__ ''usecs'' This controls the speed at which the screen will be erased. Lower numbers erase faster. __-erase-mode__ ''integer'' This sets the erase mode. Mode -1 chooses a random mode each time. There are currently 6 modes defined (0-5). __-delay__ ''seconds'' This sets the number of seconds that the helix will be on the screen. __-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. !!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 1992 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 !!AUTHOR Jamie Zawinski ----
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