1nerverot(6x) XScreenSaver manual nerverot(6x)
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6 nerverot - induces edginess in the viewer
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9 nerverot [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-back‐
10 ground color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]
11 [-db] [-no-db] [-colors integer] [-delay microseconds] [-count integer]
12 [-line-width integer] [-event-chance fraction] [-iter-amt fraction]
13 [-nervousness fraction] [-max-nerve-radius fraction] [-min-radius inte‐
14 ger] [-max-radius integer] [-min-scale fraction] [-max-scale fraction]
15 [-fps]
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18 The goal of nerverot is to be interesting and compelling to watch, yet
19 induce a state of nervous edginess in the viewer. This manpage de‐
20 scribes v1.3 of the program.
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23 nerverot accepts the following options:
24 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
26 -root Draw on the root window.
28 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
30 -install
32 Install a private colormap for the window.
33 -visual visual
35 Which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual
36 class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
37 -db -no-db Use double-buffering (or not, respectively). Double-
39 buffering may make things look better for larger line widths
40 and/or larger numbers of blots, but "better" may equate to
41 yielding less of the desired edginess effect. You'll be calmer
42 after watching the double-buffered variant; you're more likely
43 to go into epileptic fits with it off. Hence, it is off (false)
44 by default, resource doubleBuffer.
45 -colors integer
47 How many colors should be used (if possible). The colors form a
48 smooth ramp between two randomly-chosen colors. Defaults to 4,
49 resource colors.
50 -delay microseconds
52 The interframe delay, in microseconds. Defaults to 10000, re‐
53 source delay.
54 -max-iters integer
56 The maximum number of iterations (frames) before a new model is
57 generated. The actual number of iterations per model is a ran‐
58 dom number between 1 and this value. Defaults to 1200, resource
59 maxIters.
60 -count integer
62 How many "blots" to draw at a time. This number may be rounded
63 down to fit the particularly chosen model, and has a fixed min‐
64 imum per-model. Defaults to 250, resource count.
65 -line-width integer
67 The width of the lines to draw. 0 means an optimized pixel-
68 thick line. Defaults to 0, resource lineWidth.
69 -event-chance fraction
71 The chance, per iteration, for a life-altering event to occur
72 (such as picking a new rotation target), in the range 0..1. De‐
73 faults to 0.2, resource eventChance.
74 -iter-amt fraction
76 The fraction of movement towards a target (such as rotation an‐
77 gle or scale) that happens per iteration, in the range 0..1.
78 Defaults to 0.01, resource iterAmt.
79 -nervousness fraction
81 How nervous the drawing is, in the range 0..1. This is how
82 jumpy the points on each blot are. Defaults to 0.3, resource
83 nervousness.
84 -max-nerve-radius fraction
86 The maximum radius of blot nervousness, as a fraction of the
87 radius of the blot, in the range 0..1. Defaults to 0.7, re‐
88 source maxNerveRadius.
89 -min-radius integer
91 The minimum radius for a blot, in the range 1..100. Defaults to
92 3, resource minRadius.
93 -max-radius integer
95 The maximum radius for a blot, in the range 1..100. Defaults to
96 25, resource maxRadius.
97 -min-scale fraction
99 The minimum overall scale of drawing, as a fraction of min(win‐
100 dowHeight,windowWidth), in the range 0..10. Defaults to 0.6,
101 resource minScale.
102 -max-scale fraction
104 The maximum overall scale of drawing, as a fraction of min(win‐
105 dowHeight,windowWidth), in the range 0..10. Defaults to 1.75,
106 resource maxScale.
107 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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111 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
112 XENVIRONMENT
114 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
115 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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118 There are resource equivalents for each option, noted above.
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121 nerverot should have more models.
122 XDBE should be detected and used, if available.
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126 xscreensaver(1)
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129 Copyright © 2000-2001 by Dan Bornstein. All rights reserved.
130 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
132 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, pro‐
133 vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
134 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
135 porting documentation. No representations are made about the suitabil‐
136 ity of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
137 express or implied warranty.
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140 Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com>.
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