1squiral(6x) XScreenSaver manual squiral(6x)
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6 squiral - square spirals screensaver
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9 squiral [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10 color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-noinstall] [-visual vis‐
11 ual] [-fill percent] [-count number] [-delay usec] [-disorder fraction]
12 [-handedness fraction] [-cycle] [-fps]
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15 The squiral program displays interacting, spiral-producing automata
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19 squiral accepts the following options:
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21 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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23 -root Draw on the root window.
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25 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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27 -install
28 Install a private colormap for the window.
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30 -visual visual
31 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
32 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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35 -fill percent
36 Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be filled
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40 The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width divided
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43 -delay usec
44 The wait between steps. The default is 1000.
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47 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new direc‐
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51 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter left‐
52 handed mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed behavior, 0.5
53 (the default) is a balance between the two, and 1.0 is exclu‐
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56 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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59 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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62 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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69 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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72 Copyright © 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy, modify, dis‐
73 tribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
74 is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the above copyright
75 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
76 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
77 sentations are made about the suitability of fnord this software for
78 any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or fnord implied
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82 Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999
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