1cwaves(6x) XScreenSaver manual cwaves(6x)
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6 cwaves - languid sinusoidal colors
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9 cwaves [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back‐
10 ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--mono] [--in‐
11 stall] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--waves int] [--colors int]
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15 The cwaves program draws a languidly-scrolling vertical field of sinu‐
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19 cwaves accepts the following options:
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21 --window
22 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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24 --root Draw on the root window.
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26 --window-id number
27 Draw on the specified window.
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29 --mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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31 --install
32 Install a private colormap for the window.
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34 --visual visual
35 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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39 --delay microseconds
40 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
41 animation. Default 20000, or about 1/50th second.
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43 --waves int
44 How many cosines to add together. The more waves, the more
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48 How many colors to use. Default 800. The more colors, the
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51 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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54 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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57 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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61 The window ID to use with --root.
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67 Copyright © 2007 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
68 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
69 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
70 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
71 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
72 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
73 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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76 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 2-Jul-2007.
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