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

6       xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim
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SYNOPSIS

9       xspirograph [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--win‐
10       dow-id number][--install] [--visual visual] [--delay seconds] [--subde‐
11       lay  useconds]  [--layers  integer] [--alwaysfinish] [--noalwaysfinish]
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DESCRIPTION

15       xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is,
16       the  curve  traced by a point on a circular disk rotating on the inside
17       of a hollow circular rim.
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OPTIONS

20       xspirograph accepts the following options:
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22       --window
23               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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25       --root  Draw on the root window.
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27       --window-id number
28               Draw on the specified window.
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30       --install
31               Install a private colormap for the window.
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33       --visual visual
34               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
35               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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38       --delay secs
39               The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. De‐
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42       --subdelay usec
43               The time to delay between each hundred line draws.  Use this if
44               you want to see the pattern form.  Default: 0.
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46       --alwaysfinish --noalwaysfinish
47               If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify  the
48               first.   Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of itera‐
49               tions.  Default: no.
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51       --layers integer
52               Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.
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ENVIRONMENT

56       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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59               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
60               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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63               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

66       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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69       Copyright © 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> Permission to
70       use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its  documen‐
71       tation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the
72       above copyright notice appear in all copies and that  both  that  copy‐
73       right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documenta‐
74       tion.  No representations are made about the suitability of this  soft‐
75       ware  for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or im‐
76       plied warranty.
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78       Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.
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