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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 sphere - draws shaded spheres
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __sphere__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
22 [[-ncolors ''integer''] [[-delay
23 ''microseconds'']
24 !!DESCRIPTION
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27 The ''sphere'' program draws shaded spheres.
28 !!OPTIONS
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31 ''sphere'' accepts the following options:
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34 __-window__
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37 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
38 default.
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41 __-root__
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44 Draw on the root window.
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47 __-mono__
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50 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome
51 display.
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54 __-install__
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57 Install a private colormap for the window.
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60 __-visual__ ''visual''
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63 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
64 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
65 specific visual.
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68 __-ncolors__ ''integer''
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71 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
72 The colors are chosen randomly.
73 !!ENVIRONMENT
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76 __DISPLAY__
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79 to get the default host and display number.
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82 __XENVIRONMENT__
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85 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
86 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
87 property.
88 !!SEE ALSO
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4 perry 91 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
1 perry 92 xlock(1)
93 !!COPYRIGHT
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96 Copyright 1988 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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99 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
100 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
101 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
102 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
103 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
104 documentation.
105 !!AUTHOR
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108 Sun Microsystems, Inc, 1988.
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111 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
112 by Jamie Zawinski
113 ''
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