1galaxy(6x) XScreenSaver manual galaxy(6x)
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6 galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
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9 galaxy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10 color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors
11 integer] [-delay microseconds] [-cycles integer] [-count integer]
12 [-size integer] [-tracks] [-no-tracks] [-spin] [-no-spin]
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17 The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
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20 galaxy accepts the following options:
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22 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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24 -root Draw on the root window.
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26 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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28 -install
29 Install a private colormap for the window.
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32 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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37 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The
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55 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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58 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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61 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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65 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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68 Copyright © 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
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70 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
71 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
72 vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
73 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
74 porting documentation.
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77 Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
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80 Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
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82 Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-
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85 Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.
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87 Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.
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89 Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
90 <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
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