1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "9-Dec-2001" "X Version 11"
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3 xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim
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6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-install]
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7 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
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8 [\-delay \fIseconds\fP]
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9 [\-subdelay \fIuseconds\fP]
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10 [\-layers \fIinteger\fP]
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11 [\-alwaysfinish] [\-noalwaysfinish]
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14 \fIxspirograph\fP draws patterns such as those made by a
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15 spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a circular
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16 disk rotating on the inside of a hollow circular rim.
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19 accepts the following options:
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22 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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25 Draw on the root window.
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28 Install a private colormap for the window.
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30 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP\fP
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31 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
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32 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
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34 .B \-delay \fIsecs\fP
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35 The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default:
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38 .B \-subdelay \fIusec\fP
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39 The time to delay between each hundred line draws. Use this if you
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40 want to see the pattern form. Default: 0.
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42 .B \-alwaysfinish\fP \fB\-noalwaysfinish\fP
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43 If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first.
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44 Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of iterations. Default:
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47 .B \-layers \fIinteger\fP
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48 Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.
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53 to get the default host and display number.
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56 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
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57 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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60 .BR xscreensaver (1)
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62 Copyright \(co 2000 by Rohit Singh
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63 <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
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64 and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
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65 granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
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66 all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
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67 notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made
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68 about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
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69 "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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71 Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.
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