1hypnowheel(6x) XScreenSaver manual hypnowheel(6x)
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6 hypnowheel - draws overlapping, translucent spiral patterns
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9 hypnowheel [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
10 [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay int] [--layers int] [--count
11 int] [--twistiness float] [--speed float] [--wander] [--symmetric]
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15 Draws a series of overlapping, translucent spiral patterns. The tight‐
16 ness of their spirals fluctuates in and out.
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19 --visual visual
20 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
21 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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24 --window
25 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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27 --root Draw on the root window.
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29 --window-id number
30 Draw on the specified window.
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32 --delay int
33 Delay between frames, in microseconds. Default 20000.
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35 --layers int
36 How many different spirals to draw at once. Default 4.
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39 How many arms each spiral should have. Default 11.
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42 How tightly wound the spirals can become, measured in rota‐
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45 --speed ratio
46 Less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster. Default 1.
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49 If specified, then the centers of the spirals will wander
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53 If specified, then each pair of left-wrapping and right-wrap‐
54 ping spirals will be mirror images of each other.
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56 --fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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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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72 Copyright © 2008 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
73 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
74 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided 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 this software for any pur‐
78 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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81 Jamie Zawinski.
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