1starfish(6x) XScreenSaver manual starfish(6x)
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6 starfish - radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics demo
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9 starfish [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back‐
10 ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--in‐
11 stall] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--delay2 secs] [--thickness
12 pixels] [--rotation degrees] [--duration seconds] [--colors int]
13 [--blob] [--no-blob] [--fps]
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16 The starfish program draws radially symmetric objects, which expand,
17 contract, rotate, and turn inside out. It uses these shapes to lay
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21 starfish 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
29 Draw on the specified window.
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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
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41 --delay microseconds
42 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
43 animation. Default 10000, or about 1/100th second.
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45 --thickness pixels
46 How wide each color band should be. Default 0, meaning random
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50 How quickly the objects should rotate at each step. Default 0,
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55 How many colors to use. Default 200. The more colors, the
56 smoother the transitions will be, and the nicer the resultant
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60 How long to run before choosing a new shape. Default 30 sec‐
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64 When duration expires, how long to wait before starting a new
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70 If blob option is specified, then the raw shapes will be shown,
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73 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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79 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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83 The window ID to use with --root.
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89 Copyright © 1997 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
90 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
91 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
92 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
93 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
94 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
95 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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98 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Jun-97.
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