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] [--back‐
10 ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--in‐
11 stall] [--noinstall] [--visual visual] [--fill percent] [--count num‐
12 ber] [--scale number] [--delay usec] [--disorder fraction] [--handed‐
13 ness fraction] [--cycle] [--fps]
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16 The squiral program displays interacting, spiral-producing automata
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20 squiral accepts the following options:
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23 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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25 --root Draw on the root window.
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27 --window-id number
28 Draw on the specified window.
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30 --mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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32 --install
33 Install a private colormap for the window.
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35 --visual visual
36 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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40 --fill percent
41 Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be filled
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45 The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width divided
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52 The wait between steps. The default is 1000.
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55 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new direc‐
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59 The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter left‐
60 handed mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed behavior, 0.5
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64 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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70 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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74 The window ID to use with --root.
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83 Copyright © 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy, modify, dis‐
84 tribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
85 is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the above copyright
86 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
87 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
88 sentations are made about the suitability of fnord this software for
89 any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or fnord implied
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93 Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999
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