1deco(6x) XScreenSaver manual deco(6x)
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6 deco - draw tacky 70s basement wall panelling
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9 deco [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background
10 color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--mono] [--install]
11 [--visual visual] [--delay seconds] [--max-depth int] [--min-width int]
12 [--min-height int] [--line-width yIint] [--smooth-colors] [--golden-ra‐
13 tio] [--mondrian] [--fps]
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16 The deco program subdivides and colors rectangles randomly. It looks
17 kind of like Brady-Bunch-era rec-room wall paneling. (Raven says:
18 "This screensaver is ugly enough to peel paint.") Can also produce
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22 deco accepts the following options:
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24 --window
25 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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27 --root Draw on the root window.
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30 Draw on the specified window.
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32 --mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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34 --install
35 Install a private colormap for the window.
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37 --visual visual
38 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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43 How long to wait before starting over. Default 5 seconds.
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46 How deep to subdivide. Default 12.
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51 The size of the smallest rectangle to draw. Default 20x20.
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54 Width of lines drawn between rectangles. Default zero (minimal
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60 Whether to use a smooth color palette instead of a random one.
61 Less jarring. Default False.
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66 Whether to subdivide rectangles using the golden ratio instead
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73 Whether to imitiate style of some famous paintings by Piet Mon‐
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77 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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83 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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93 Copyright © 1997 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
94 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
95 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
96 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
97 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
98 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
99 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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102 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 26-Apr-97, based on code by Michael D.
103 Bayne <mdb@go2net.com>. Golden ratio and Mondrian settings by Lars Hut‐
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