1cynosure(6x) XScreenSaver manual cynosure(6x)
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6 cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.
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9 cynosure [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
10 [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number]
11 [--iterations number] [--fps]
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14 A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first implementa‐
15 tion was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozymandias G. Desiderata wrote a Java
16 applet clone. That clone was discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported
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20 --visual visual
21 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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26 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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34 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 500000 (0.50 sec‐
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38 Number of Colors. Default: 128.
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41 Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100.
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59 Copyright © 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and
60 Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell
61 this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
62 without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
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65 the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as
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