gibson
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver.
SYNOPSIS
gibson
[-display
host:display.screen]
[-visual
visual]
[-window]
[-root]
[-delay
number]
[-speed
number]
[-grid-width
number]
[-grid-depth
number]
[-grid-height
number]
[-grid-spacing
number]
[-columns
number]
[-no-texture]
[-wireframe]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
Hacking the Gibson, as per the 1995 classic film,
HACKERS.
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned
computer systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials
for their own ends. These people, they are terrorists."
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: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
- -speed number
-
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
- -grid-width number
-
Number of towers across. 1 - 20. Default: 10.
- -grid-depth number
-
Number of towers deep. 1 - 20. Default: 10.
- -grid-height number
-
Height of the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 7.
- -grid-spacing number
-
Space between towers. 1 - 5. Default: 2.0.
- -columns number
-
Columns of text on the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 6.
- -texture | -no-texture
-
Whether to draw text. Default true.
- -wireframe | -no-wireframe
-
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
- -fps | -no-fps
-
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
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 © 2020 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.