squiral - square spirals screensaver
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] [-fps]
The squiral program displays interacting, spiral-producing
automata
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.
- -fps
- Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
- 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.
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.
Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999