winduprobot - screen saver.
winduprobot [--display host:display.screen]
[--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--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.
- --window-id number
- Draw on the specified 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.
- XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
- The window ID to use with --root.
Copyright © 2014 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use,
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any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
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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.