cynosure
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.
SYNOPSIS
cynosure
[-display
host:display.screen]
[-visual
visual]
[-window]
[-root]
[-delay
number]
[-ncolors
number]
[-iterations
number]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first implementation
was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozymandias G. Desiderata wrote a Java applet
clone. That clone was discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported to C for
inclusion here.
OPTIONS
- -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.
- -window
-
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
-
Draw on the root window.
- -delay number
-
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 500000 (0.50 seconds.).
- -ncolors number
-
Number of Colors. Default: 128.
- -iterations number
-
Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100.
- -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 © 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and
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
Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski.