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

6       galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
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SYNOPSIS

9       galaxy  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--foreground color] [--back‐
10       ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id  number][--mono]  [--in‐
11       stall]  [--visual  visual]  [--ncolors  integer] [--delay microseconds]
12       [--cycles  integer]  [--count  integer]  [--size  integer]   [--tracks]
13       [--no-tracks] [--spin] [--no-spin]
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DESCRIPTION

18       The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
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OPTIONS

21       galaxy accepts the following options:
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23       --window
24               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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26       --root  Draw on the root window.
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28       --window-id number
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31       --mono  If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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33       --install
34               Install a private colormap for the window.
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36       --visual visual
37               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
38               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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41       --ncolors integer
42               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The
43               colors used cycle through the hue, making N  stops  around  the
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46       --cycles integer
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52       --tracks
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60       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

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

73       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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76       Copyright © 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
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78       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
79       documentation  for  any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
80       vided that the above copyright notice appear in  all  copies  and  that
81       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
82       porting documentation.
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AUTHOR

85       Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
86        for EGS in Cluster.
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88       Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
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90       Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer  <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-re‐
91       gensburg.de>, 30-Sep-94.
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93       Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.
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95       Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.
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97       Ability  to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
98       <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
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