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

6       starfish - radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics demo
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SYNOPSIS

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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DESCRIPTION

16       The  starfish  program  draws radially symmetric objects, which expand,
17       contract, rotate, and turn inside out.  It uses  these  shapes  to  lay
18       down a field of smooth colors, and then rotates the colormap.
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OPTIONS

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
38               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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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
47               (the chosen value will be between 0 and 15.)
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49       --rotation degrees
50               How quickly the objects should rotate at each step.  Default 0,
51               meaning random (the chosen value will be between 0 and  12  de‐
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54       --colors int
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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59       --duration seconds
60               How  long  to run before choosing a new shape.  Default 30 sec‐
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63       --delay2 seconds
64               When duration expires, how long to wait before starting  a  new
65               run.  Default 5 seconds.
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69       --no-blob
70               If blob option is specified, then the raw shapes will be shown,
71               instead of a field of colors generated from them.
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73       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

76       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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78       XENVIRONMENT
79               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
80               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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82       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
83               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

86       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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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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AUTHOR

98       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Jun-97.
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