1gibson(6x)                    XScreenSaver manual                   gibson(6x)
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NAME

6       gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver.
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SYNOPSIS

9       gibson   [-display   host:display.screen]  [-visual  visual]  [-window]
10       [-root] [-delay number] [-speed number]  [-grid-width  number]  [-grid-
11       depth  number]  [-grid-height  number] [-grid-spacing number] [-columns
12       number] [-no-texture] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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DESCRIPTION

15       Hacking the Gibson, as per the 1995 classic film, HACKERS.
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17       "Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned  com‐
18       puter  systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials for
19       their own ends. These people, they are terrorists."
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OPTIONS

22       -visual visual
23               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
24               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
25               visual.
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27       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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29       -root   Draw on the root window.
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31       -delay number
32               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default:  20000  (0.02  sec‐
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35       -speed number
36               Animation  speed.   2.0  means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as
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39       -grid-width number
40               Number of towers across.  1 - 20.  Default: 10.
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42       -grid-depth number
43               Number of towers deep.  1 - 20.  Default: 10.
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45       -grid-height number
46               Height of the towers.  1 - 20.  Default: 7.
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48       -grid-spacing number
49               Space between towers.    1 - 5.    Default: 2.0.
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51       -columns number
52               Columns of text on the towers.  1 - 20. Default: 6.
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54       -texture | -no-texture
55               Whether to draw text.  Default true.
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57       -wireframe | -no-wireframe
58               Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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60       -fps | -no-fps
61               Whether to show a frames-per-second display at  the  bottom  of
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ENVIRONMENT

65       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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67       XENVIRONMENT
68               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
69               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

72       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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75       Copyright © 2020 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use,  copy,  modify,
76       distribute,  and  sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
77       pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the  above  copyright
78       notice  appear  in  all  copies and that both that copyright notice and
79       this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.   No  repre‐
80       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
81       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

84       Jamie Zawinski.
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