peepers - floating eyeballs.
peepers [--display host:display.screen] [--visual
visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay
number] [--speed number] [--count number] [--mode
bounce | scroll | random] [--wireframe] [--fps]
Eyeballs. They float. They bounce. They stare at your cursor.
- --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.
- --window-id number
- Draw on the specified window.
- --delay
number
- Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds).
- --speed
number
- Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
- --count
number
- Number of eyes. 0 means random.
- --mode bounce
- The eyeballs bounce onto the screen from the bottom. Like a cow.
- --mode
scroll
- The eyeballs scroll in from the left and right.
- --mode
xeyes
- The eyeballs remain stationary, but always turn to stare at the mouse
pointer, wherever it happens to be on the screen. Perhaps best used in
conjunction with --count 2.
- --mode
beholder
- Render a ball made of eyeballs, all looking at you. Valid --count
values are 20, 80, 320 or 1280.
- --wireframe |
--no-wireframe
- Render in wireframe instead of solid.
- --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.
- XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
- The window ID to use with --root.
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