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NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT SEE ALSO COPYRIGHT AUTHOR


NAME

galaxy - draws spinning galaxies

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.

OPTIONS

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

ENVIRONMENT

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.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

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.

AUTHOR

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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