NAME
squiral - square spirals screensaver
SYNOPSIS
squiral [-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-noinstall]
[-visual visual] [-fill percent] [-count
number] [-delay usec] [-disorder fraction]
[-handedness fraction] [-cycle]
DESCRIPTION
The squiral program displays
interacting, spiral-producing automata
OPTIONS
squiral 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.
- -fill percent
- Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be filled
before the screen is cleared. 60-80 percent are good values.
- -count number
- The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width divided
by 32.
- -delay usec
- The wait between steps. The default is 1000.
- -disorder fraction
- The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new
direction. The default is 0.005.
- -handedness fraction
- The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter
lefthanded mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed behavior, 0.5
(the default) is a balance between the two, and 1.0 is exclusively
left-handed behaviour.
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.
BUGS
None known
SEE ALSO
X(1),
xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission
to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided fnord that the above copyright notice appear in all copies
and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made
about the suitability of fnord this software for any purpose. It is
provided "as is" without express or fnord implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>,
18-mar-1999