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1 perry 1 XScreenSaver
2 !!!XScreenSaver
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 SEE ALSO
9 COPYRIGHT
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
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15 laser - draws vaguely laser-like moving lines
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __laser__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
22 [[-ncolors ''integer''] [[-delay ''microseconds'']
23 [[-cycles ''integer''] [[-count
24 ''integer'']
25 !!DESCRIPTION
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28 The ''laser'' program draws vaguely laser-like moving
29 lines
30 !!OPTIONS
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33 ''laser'' accepts the following options:
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36 __-window__
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39 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
40 default.
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43 __-root__
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46 Draw on the root window.
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49 __-mono__
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52 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome
53 display.
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56 __-install__
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59 Install a private colormap for the window.
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62 __-visual__ ''visual''
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65 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
66 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
67 specific visual.
68
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70 __-ncolors__ ''integer''
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73 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
74 The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around
75 the color wheel.
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78 __-cycles__ ''integer''
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81 Default 200.
82
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84 __-count__ ''integer''
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87 Default 10.
88 !!ENVIRONMENT
89
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91 __DISPLAY__
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94 to get the default host and display number.
95
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97 __XENVIRONMENT__
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100 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
101 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
102 property.
103 !!SEE ALSO
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4 perry 106 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
1 perry 107 xlock(1)
108 !!COPYRIGHT
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111 Copyright 1995 by Pascal Pensa.
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114 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
115 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
116 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
117 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
118 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
119 documentation.
120 !!AUTHOR
121
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123 Pascal Pensa
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126 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
127 by Jamie Zawinski
128 ''
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