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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 slip - sucks your screen into a jet engine
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __slip__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
22 [[-ncolors ''integer''] [[-iterations ''integer'']
23 [[-points ''integer''] [[-delay ''microseconds'']
24 [[-delay2 ''microseconds'']
25 !!DESCRIPTION
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28 The ''slip'' program does lots of blits and chews up an
29 image.
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32 The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the
33 portion of the screen underlying the window, or from the
34 system's video input, or from a random file on disk, as
35 indicated by the ''grabDesktopImages'',
36 ''grabVideoFrames'', and ''chooseRandomImages''
37 options in the ''~/.xscreensaver'' file; see
5 perry 38 xscreensaver-demo(1) for more details.
1 perry 39 !!OPTIONS
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42 ''slip'' accepts the following options:
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45 __-window__
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48 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
49 default.
50
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52 __-root__
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55 Draw on the root window.
56
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58 __-mono__
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61 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome
62 display.
63
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65 __-install__
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68 Install a private colormap for the window.
69
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71 __-visual__ ''visual''
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74 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
75 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
76 specific visual.
77
78
79 __-ncolors__ ''integer''
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82 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 128.
83 The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around
84 the color wheel.
85
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87 __-count__ ''integer''
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90 How many whooziwhatsis to generate. Default 35.
91
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93 __-cycles__ ''integer''
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96 How long to frobnicate. Default 50.
97
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99 __-delay__ ''microseconds''
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102 How long we should wait between drawing each step. Default
103 50000, or about 1/20th second.
104 !!ENVIRONMENT
105
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107 __DISPLAY__
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110 to get the default host and display number.
111
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113 __XENVIRONMENT__
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116 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
117 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
118 property.
119 !!SEE ALSO
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5 perry 122 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
123 xscreensaver-demo(1),
124 xscreensaver-getimage(1)
1 perry 125 !!COPYRIGHT
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128 Copyright 1992 by Scott Draves.
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131 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
132 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
133 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
134 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
135 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
136 documentation.
137 !!AUTHOR
138
139
140 Scott Graves
141
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143 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
144 by Jamie Zawinski
145 ''
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