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

6       swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns
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SYNOPSIS

9       swirl  [-display  host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10       color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]  [-ncolors
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DESCRIPTION

16       The swirl program draws swirly color-cycling patterns.
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OPTIONS

19       swirl 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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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
32               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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36               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 200.
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ENVIRONMENT

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

51       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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54       Copyright © 1994 M. Dobie.
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56       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
57       documentation  for  any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
58       vided that the above copyright notice appear in  all  copies  and  that
59       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
60       porting documentation.
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AUTHOR

64       M.Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 1994.
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66       Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie  Zawinski
67       <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-May-97.
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