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1 perry 1 XScreenSaver
2 !!!XScreenSaver
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 BUGS
9 SEE ALSO
10 COPYRIGHT
11 AUTHOR
12 ----
13 !!NAME
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16 squiral - square spirals screensaver
17 !!SYNOPSIS
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20 __squiral__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
21 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
22 [[-window] [[-root] [[-mono] [[-install] [[-noinstall] [[-visual
23 ''visual''] [[-fill ''percent''] [[-count ''number'']
24 [[-delay ''usec''] [[-disorder ''fraction'']
25 [[-handedness ''fraction''] [[-cycle]
26 !!DESCRIPTION
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29 The ''squiral'' program displays interacting,
30 spiral-producing automata
31 !!OPTIONS
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34 ''squiral'' accepts the following options:
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37 __-window__
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40 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
41 default.
42
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44 __-root__
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47 Draw on the root window.
48
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50 __-mono__
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53 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome
54 display.
55
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57 __-install__
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60 Install a private colormap for the window.
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63 __-visual__ ''visual''
64
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66 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
67 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
68 specific visual.
69
70
71 __-fill__ ''percent''
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74 Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be
75 filled before the screen is cleared. 60-80 percent are good
76 values.
77
78
79 __-count__ ''number''
80
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82 The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width
83 divided by 32.
84
85
86 __-delay__ ''usec''
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89 The wait between steps. The default is 1000.
90
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92 __-disorder__ ''fraction''
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95 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new
96 direction. The default is 0.005.
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99 __-handedness__ ''fraction''
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102 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter
103 lefthanded mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed
104 behavior, 0.5 (the default) is a balance between the two,
105 and 1.0 is exclusively left-handed behaviour.
106 !!ENVIRONMENT
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109 __DISPLAY__
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112 to get the default host and display number.
113
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115 __XENVIRONMENT__
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118 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
119 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
120 property.
121 !!BUGS
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124 None known
125 !!SEE ALSO
126
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4 perry 128 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
1 perry 129 !!COPYRIGHT
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132 Copyright 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy,
133 modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
134 documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
135 provided fnord that the above copyright notice appear in all
136 copies and that both that copyright notice and this
137 permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No
138 representations are made about the suitability of fnord this
139 software for any purpose. It is provided
140 !!AUTHOR
141
142
143 Jeff Epler
144 ----
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