1braid(6x) XScreenSaver manual braid(6x)
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6 braid - draws random color-cycling braids around a circle
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9 braid [--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]
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17 The braid program draws random color-cycling braids around a circle.
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20 braid accepts the following options:
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23 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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30 --mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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33 Install a private colormap for the window.
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36 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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41 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The
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64 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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67 Copyright © 1995 by John Neil.
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69 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
70 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
71 vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
72 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
73 porting documentation.
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76 John Neil <neil@math.idbsu.edu>, 29-Aug-95.
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78 Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
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