XScreenSaver
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT SEE ALSO COPYRIGHT AUTHOR
galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
galaxy [-display ''host:display.screen'' [-foreground ''color'' [-background ''color'' [-window [-root [-mono [-install [-visual ''visual'' [-ncolors ''integer'' [-delay ''microseconds'' [-cycles ''integer'' [-count ''integer'' [unrenderable node] [-tracks [-no-tracks
The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
galaxy accepts the following options:
-window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root
Draw on the root window.
-mono
If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
-visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
-ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the color wheel.
-cycles integer
-count integer
-size integer
-tracks
-no-tracks
DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
Copyright 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund
Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer
Modified by David Bagley
Modified by Dave Mitchell
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski ''
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