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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 spiral - draws moving circular spiral patterns
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __spiral__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
22 [[-ncolors ''integer''] [[-delay ''microseconds'']
23 [[-count ''integer'']
24 !!DESCRIPTION
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27 The ''spiral'' program draws moving circular spiral
28 patterns
29 !!OPTIONS
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32 ''spiral'' accepts the following options:
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35 __-window__
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38 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
39 default.
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42 __-root__
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45 Draw on the root window.
46
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48 __-mono__
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51 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome
52 display.
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55 __-install__
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58 Install a private colormap for the window.
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61 __-visual__ ''visual''
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64 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
65 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
66 specific visual.
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69 __-ncolors__ ''integer''
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72 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
73 The colors are chosen randomly.
74
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76 __-count__ ''integer''
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79 Default 40.
80
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82 __-cycles__ ''integer''
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85 Default 350.
86 !!ENVIRONMENT
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89 __DISPLAY__
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92 to get the default host and display number.
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95 __XENVIRONMENT__
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98 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
99 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
100 property.
101 !!SEE ALSO
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4 perry 104 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
1 perry 105 xlock(1)
106 !!COPYRIGHT
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109 Copyright 1994 by Darrick Brown.
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112 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
113 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
114 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
115 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
116 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
117 documentation.
118 !!AUTHOR
119
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121 Darrick Brown, 1994.
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124 Improved by Peter Schmitzberger
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127 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
128 by Jamie Zawinski
129 ''
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