ripples - interference patterns.
ripples [-display host:display.screen] [-visual
visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-duration
secs] [-rate number] [-fluidity number] [-light
number] [-water] [-stir] [-oily] [-grayscale] [-colors number]
[-no-shm] [-fps]
This draws rippling interference patterns like splashing water.
With the -water option, it manipulates your desktop image to look like
something is dripping into it.
- -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: 50000 (0.05 seconds.).
- -duration
seconds
- How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120 seconds.
- -rate
number
- Drizzle. 1 - 100. Default: 5.
- -fluidity
number
- Small Drops. 0 - 16. Default: 6.
- -light
number
- Lighting Effect. 0 - 8. Default: 0.
- -water |
-no-water
- Grab Screen Image. Boolean.
- -stir |
-no-stir
- Moving Splashes. Boolean.
- -oily |
-no-oily
- Psychedelic Colors. Boolean.
- -grayscale
- Convert the screen image to grayscale. Ignored if we don't grab the screen
image or if our screen doesn't have enough color depth.
- -colors
number
- Colors Two. Default: 200.
- -shm | -no-shm
- Use Shared Memory. Boolean.
- -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 © 2002 by Tom Hammersley. Permission to use,
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made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty.