1truchet(6x) XScreenSaver manual truchet(6x)
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6 truchet - draws curved or angular Truchet patterns
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9 truchet [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back‐
10 ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--in‐
11 stall] [--visual visual] [--delay milliseconds] [--min-width integer]
12 [--min-height integer] [--max-width integer] [--max-height integer]
13 [--max-linewidth integer] [--min-linewidth integer] [--erase]
14 [--no-erase] [--erase-count integer] [--square] [--not-square]
15 [--curves] [--no-curves] [--angle] [--no-angles] [--scroll]
16 [--scroll-overlap integer] [--anim-delay integer] [--anim-step-size in‐
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22 The truchet program draws arc and line based Truchet patterns.
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25 truchet accepts the following options:
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38 Install a private colormap for the window.
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41 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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99 Whether to draw the arc based Truchet pattern. Default is True
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107 Whether or not to draw the line based Truchet pattern. Default
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145 Copyright © 1998 by Adrian Likins.
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147 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
148 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
149 vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
150 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
151 porting documentation.
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154 Adrian Likins, 1998.
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