1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "13-May-97" "X Version 11"
3 swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
7 [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install]
8 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
9 [\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP]
10 [\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP]
11 [\-count \fIinteger\fP]
15 The \fIswirl\fP program draws swirly color-cycling patterns.
18 accepts the following options:
21 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
24 Draw on the root window.
27 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
30 Install a private colormap for the window.
32 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
33 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
34 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
36 .B \-ncolors \fIinteger\fP
37 How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 200.
39 .B \-count \fIinteger\fP
43 Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
48 to get the default host and display number.
51 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
52 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
58 Copyright \(co 1994 M. Dobie.
60 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
61 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
62 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
63 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
64 supporting documentation.
67 M.Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 1994.
69 Ability to run standalone or with \fIxscreensaver\fP added by
70 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-May-97.