1pinion(6x) XScreenSaver manual pinion(6x)
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6 pinion - draws a scrolling sequence of interconnected gears
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9 pinion [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
10 [-visual visual] [-delay usecs] [-scroll ratio] [-spin ratio] [-size
11 ratio] [-max-rpm int] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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14 The pinion program draws an interconnected set of gears moving across
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18 pinion 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 -install
25 Install a private colormap for the window.
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27 -visual visual
28 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
29 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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32 -delay usecs
33 The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds: de‐
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37 How fast the gears should spin; default 1.0. 2.0 means twice
38 as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
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40 -scroll ratio
41 How fast the gears should scroll past the screen; default 1.0.
42 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
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45 How big the gears should be, on average; default 1.0. 2.0
46 means twice as large, 0.5 means half as large.
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49 If any gear exceeds the maximum RPM, the current gear train is
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53 -wireframe
54 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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56 -fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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59 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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62 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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66 gears(6x), xscreensaver(1), X(1)
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69 Copyright © 2004 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
70 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
71 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
72 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
73 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
74 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
75 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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78 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 12-Dec-2004.
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82X Version 11 6.00-4.fc34 (05-May-2021) pinion(6x)