cwaves
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
cwaves - languid sinusoidal colors
SYNOPSIS
cwaves
[-display
host:display.screen]
[-foreground
color]
[-background
color]
[-window]
[-root]
[-mono]
[-install]
[-visual
visual]
[-delay
usecs]
[-waves
int]
[-colors
int]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The
cwaves program draws a languidly-scrolling vertical field
of sinusoidal colors.
OPTIONS
cwaves
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.
- -delay microseconds
-
How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.
Default 20000, or about 1/50th second.
- -waves int
-
How many cosines to add together. The more waves, the more complex
the apparent motion.
- -colors int
-
How many colors to use. Default 800. The more colors, the smoother the
blending will be.
- -fps
-
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski <
jwz@jwz.org>, 2-Jul-2007.