NAME
galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
SYNOPSIS
galaxy [-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual
visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay
microseconds] [-cycles integer] [-count
integer] [-size integer] [-tracks] [-no-tracks]
[-spin] [-no-spin]
DESCRIPTION
The galaxy program draws spinning
galaxies.
OPTIONS
galaxy accepts the following options:
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -mono
- If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
- -install
- Install a private colormap for the window.
- -visual visual
- Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
visual.
- -ncolors integer
- How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The
colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the color
wheel.
- -cycles integer
- -count integer
- -size integer
- -tracks
- -no-tracks
- -spin
- -no-spin
ENVIRONMENT
- DISPLAY
- to get the default host and display number.
- XENVIRONMENT
- to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1),
xscreensaver(1),
xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation.
AUTHOR
Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
for EGS in Cluster.
Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>,
30-Sep-94.
Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>,
23-Oct-94.
Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.