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

6       spiral - draws moving circular spiral patterns
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SYNOPSIS

9       spiral  [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10       color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]  [-ncolors
11       integer] [-delay microseconds] [-count integer]
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DESCRIPTION

15       The spiral program draws moving circular spiral patterns
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OPTIONS

18       spiral accepts the following options:
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20       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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22       -root   Draw on the root window.
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24       -mono   If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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26       -install
27               Install a private colormap for the window.
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30               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
31               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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34       -ncolors integer
35               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The
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ENVIRONMENT

46       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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49               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
50               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

53       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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56       Copyright © 1994 by Darrick Brown.
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58       Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
59       documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby  granted,  pro‐
60       vided  that  the  above  copyright notice appear in all copies and that
61       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup‐
62       porting documentation.
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AUTHOR

65       Darrick Brown, 1994.
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67       Improved by Peter Schmitzberger <schmitz@coma.sbg.ac.at>, 24-Jul-95.
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69       Ability  to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
70       <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
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