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

6       xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim
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SYNOPSIS

9       xspirograph [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
10       [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-subdelay useconds]  [-layers  inte‐
11       ger] [-alwaysfinish] [-noalwaysfinish] [-fps]
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DESCRIPTION

14       xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is,
15       the curve traced by a point on a circular disk rotating on  the  inside
16       of a hollow circular rim.
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OPTIONS

19       xspirograph accepts the following options:
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21       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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23       -root   Draw on the root window.
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25       -install
26               Install a private colormap for the window.
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29               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
30               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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33       -delay secs
34               The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. De‐
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37       -subdelay usec
38               The time to delay between each hundred line draws.  Use this if
39               you want to see the pattern form.  Default: 0.
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41       -alwaysfinish -noalwaysfinish
42               If  you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the
43               first.  Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of  itera‐
44               tions.  Default: no.
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46       -layers integer
47               Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.
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ENVIRONMENT

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

58       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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61       Copyright © 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> Permission to
62       use,  copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documen‐
63       tation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the
64       above  copyright  notice  appear in all copies and that both that copy‐
65       right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documenta‐
66       tion.   No representations are made about the suitability of this soft‐
67       ware for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without  express  or  im‐
68       plied warranty.
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70       Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.
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