1splitflap(6x) XScreenSaver manual splitflap(6x)
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6 splitflap - a simulation of a split-flap electromechanical display.
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9 splitflap [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
10 [-root] [-delay microseconds] [-speed float] [-width columns] [-height
11 rows] [-mode text | clock12 | clock24] [-no-wander] [-spin axes]
12 [-no-spin] [-front] [-no-front] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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15 Simulates a split-flap display, an old style of electromechanical sign
16 as seen in airports and train stations, and commonly used in alarm
17 clocks in the 1960s and 1970s.
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20 -visual visual
21 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
22 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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25 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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27 -root Draw on the root window.
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30 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 sec‐
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34 Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as
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37 -width number
38 Columns of the display. Default: 22.
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41 Rows of the display. Default: 8.
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43 -mode clock12
44 Display a 12-hour clock.
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47 Display a 24-hour clock.
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49 -front | -no-front
50 When spinning, never spin all the way around or upside down:
51 always face mostly forward so that the text is easily readable.
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55 Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down.
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57 -wander | -no-wander
58 Whether the object should wander around the screen.
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60 -spin Which axes around which the text should spin. The default is
61 "XYZ", meaning rotate it freely in space. "-spin Z" would ro‐
62 tate the text in the plane of the screen while not rotating it
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65 -wireframe | -no-wireframe
66 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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69 Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of
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73 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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80 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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83 Copyright © 2015 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
84 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
85 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
86 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
87 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
88 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
89 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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92 Jamie Zawinski.
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