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

6       sphere - draws shaded spheres
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SYNOPSIS

9       sphere  [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10       color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]  [-ncolors
11       integer] [-delay microseconds]
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DESCRIPTION

15       The sphere program draws shaded spheres.
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OPTIONS

18       sphere accepts the following options:
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20       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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22       -root   Draw on the root window.
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24       -mono   If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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26       -install
27               Install a private colormap for the window.
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30               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
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35               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The
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ENVIRONMENT

39       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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42               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
43               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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SEE ALSO

46       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
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49       Copyright © 1988 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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51       Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
52       documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby  granted,  pro‐
53       vided  that  the  above  copyright notice appear in all copies and that
54       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup‐
55       porting documentation.
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AUTHOR

58       Sun Microsystems, Inc, 1988.
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60       Ability  to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
61       <jwz@jwz.org>, 27-May-97.
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