winduprobot - screen saver.
winduprobot [-display host:display.screen] [-visual
visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-count
number] [-speed ratio] [-size ratio] [-opacity
ratio] [-talk ratio] [-no-texture] [-no-fade] [-fps]
A swarm of wind-up toy robots wander around the table-top, bumping
into each other. Each robot contains a mechanically accurate gear system
inside, which you can see when the robot's shell occasionally fades to
transparency.
- -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.
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -delay
number
- Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
- -count
number
- Number of robots. 1 - 100. Default: 25.
- -speed
ratio
- Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
- -size
ratio
- Robot size. 2.0 means twice as big, 0.5 means half as big.
- -opacity
ratio
- Robot skin transparency. 0.0 - 1.0. Default: 1.0.
- -talk
ratio
- How often to occasionally pop up a word bubble with random text in it. 0.0
means never. 1.0 means often.
- -texture |
-no-texture
- Whether the robot's surface should be reflective chrome.
- -fade |
-no-fade
- Whether to sometimes fade the robot's opacity to show the inner
mechanism.
- -fps | -no-fps
- Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the
screen.
- 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 © 2014 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use,
copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided 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 this software for any purpose. It is provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty.