1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "" "X Version 11"
3 photopile - displays multiple images in a periodically shuffled pile
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
7 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
11 [\-scale \fIfactor\fP]
12 [\-maxTilt \fIdegrees\fP]
13 [\-titles | \-no\-titles]
14 [\-polaroid | \-no\-polaroid]
15 [\-shadows | \-no\-shadows]
18 [\-duration \fIseconds\fP]
23 Loads several random images, and displays them as if lying in a random pile.
24 The pile is periodically reshuffled, with new images coming in and old ones
27 This program requires a good video card capable of supporting large
30 To specify the directory that images are loaded from, run
31 .BR xscreensaver-demo (1)
32 and click on the "Advanced" tab.
35 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
36 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
37 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
40 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
43 Draw on the root window.
46 How many images to display. Default 7.
48 .B \-scale \fIfactor\fP
49 Size of images in relation to the size of the window. Default 0.4.
51 .B \-maxTilt \fIdegrees\fP
52 Maximum deviation from vertical. Default 50 degrees.
54 .B \-duration \fIseconds\fP
55 Every \fIduration\fP seconds, one of the images will be replaced
56 with a new one. Default 5 seconds.
58 .B \-speed \fIratio\fP
59 Speed up or slow down the animation. 0.5 means half as fast as the
60 default; 2.0 means twice as fast.
62 .B \-delay \fInumber\fP
63 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).
65 .B \-titles \fB| \-no\-titles\fP
66 Whether to display the file names of the images beneath them. Default: no.
68 .B \-polaroid \fB| \-no\-polaroid\fP
69 Whether to simulate images taken by an instant camera. Default: yes.
71 .B \-shadows \fB| \-no\-shadows\fP
72 Whether to draw images with drop shadows. Default: no.
74 .B \-font \fIfont-name\fP
75 The font to use for the initial loading screen.
78 Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
81 Prints debugging info to stderr.
89 to get the default host and display number.
92 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
93 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
96 .BR xscreensaver-demo (1)
97 .BR xscreensaver-getimage (1)
99 .BR carousel (MANSUFFIX)
100 .BR glslideshow (MANSUFFIX)
102 Copyright \(co 2005 by Jamie Zawinski.
103 Copyright \(co 2008 by Jens Kilian.
105 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
106 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
107 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
108 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
109 supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
110 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
111 without express or implied warranty.