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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 swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __swirl__ [[-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 ''swirl'' program draws swirly color-cycling
28 patterns.
29 !!OPTIONS
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32 ''swirl'' 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.
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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
73 200.
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76 __-count__ ''integer''
77 !!ENVIRONMENT
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80 __DISPLAY__
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83 to get the default host and display number.
84
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86 __XENVIRONMENT__
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89 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
90 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
91 property.
92 !!SEE ALSO
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4 perry 95 X(1), xscreensaver(1),
1 perry 96 xlock(1)
97 !!COPYRIGHT
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100 Copyright 1994 M. Dobie.
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103 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
104 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
105 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
106 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
107 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
108 documentation.
109 !!AUTHOR
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112 M.Dobie
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115 Ability to run standalone or with ''xscreensaver'' added
116 by Jamie Zawinski
117 ''
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