NAME
swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns
SYNOPSIS
swirl [-display host:display.screen]
[-foreground color] [-background color] [-window]
[-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors
integer] [-delay microseconds] [-count
integer]
DESCRIPTION
The swirl program draws swirly
color-cycling patterns.
OPTIONS
swirl 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 200.
- -count integer
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 M. Dobie.
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
M.Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 1994.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-May-97.