1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "05-Apr-1999" "X Version 11"
3 decayscreen - make a screen meltdown.
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install]
7 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-mode \fImode\fP]
9 The \fIdecayscreen\fP program creates a melting effect by randomly
10 shifting rectangles around the screen.
12 The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of
13 the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input,
14 or from a random file on disk, as indicated by
15 the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP,
16 and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
18 .BR xscreensaver-demo (1)
22 accepts the following options:
25 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
28 Draw on the root window.
31 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
34 Install a private colormap for the window.
36 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
37 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
38 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
40 .B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP
44 The direction in which the image should tend to slide. Legal values are
45 \fIrandom\fP (meaning pick one), \fIup\fP, \fIleft\fP, \fIright\fP,
46 \fIdown\fP, \fIupleft\fP, \fIdownleft\fP, \fIupright\fP, \fIdownright\fP,
47 \fIshuffle\fP (meaning perfer no particular direction), \fIin\fP (meaning
48 move things toward the center), \fIout\fP (meaning move things away
49 from the center), \fImelt\fP (meaning melt straight downward),
50 and \fIstretch\fP (meaning stretch the screen downward).
55 to get the default host and display number.
58 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
59 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
63 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
64 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
66 Copyright 1992 by Vivek Khera. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
67 and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
68 without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
69 that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
70 supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability
71 of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
74 Vivek Khera <khera@cs.duke.edu>, 05-Aug-93; based on code by David Wald, 1988.
75 Modified by jwz, 28-Nov-97.
76 Modified by Rick Schultz <rick@skapunx.net> 05-Apr-1999.