1strange(6x) XScreenSaver manual strange(6x)
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6 strange - draws strange attractors
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9 strange [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
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16 The strange program draws strange attractors
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19 strange 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 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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27 -install
28 Install a private colormap for the window.
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31 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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36 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 100.
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40 Change the number of points/iterations each frame. Default
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46 Changes the size of individual points. Default 1.
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49 Zooms in or out. Default 0.9.
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52 Adjusts the brightness for accumulator mode. Default 1.0.
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55 Adds motion blur. Default 3.0, no motion blur is 1.0.
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57 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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67 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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70 Copyright © 1997 by Massimino Pascal.
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72 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
73 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
74 vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
75 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
76 porting documentation.
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79 Massimino Pascal <Pascal.Massimon@ens.fr>, 1997.
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81 Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
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