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

6       galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
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SYNOPSIS

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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DESCRIPTION

17       The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
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OPTIONS

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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31       -visual visual
32               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
33               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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36       -ncolors integer
37               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The
38               colors  used  cycle  through the hue, making N stops around the
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ENVIRONMENT

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
62               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

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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AUTHOR

77       Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
78        for EGS in Cluster.
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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-
83       regensburg.de>, 30-Sep-94.
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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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