1whirlwindwarp(6x) XScreenSaver manual whirlwindwarp(6x)
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6 whirlwindwarp - crazy moving stars
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9 whirlwindwarp [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
10 [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual vis‐
11 ual] [-points integer] [-tails integer] [-fps]
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14 whirlwindwarp plots stars moving according to various forcefields (sim‐
15 ple 2D equations).
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18 This screensaver may be dangerous for your eyes. Please don't watch it
19 for too long!
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22 whirlwindwarp accepts the following options:
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24 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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26 -root Draw on the root window.
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28 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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30 -install
31 Install a private colormap for the window.
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33 -visual visual
34 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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38 -points integer
39 The number of stars plotted (default 400).
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42 The length of the tail of each star (default 8).
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44 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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47 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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50 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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54 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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57 Copyright (c) Paul "Joey" Clark. Permission to use, copy, modify, dis‐
58 tribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
59 is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice
60 appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per‐
61 mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations
62 are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
63 provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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66 Paul "Joey" Clark <pclark@cs.bris.ac.uk> 10-Oct-00
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