galaxy(6x) XScreenSaver manual galaxy(6x)
NAME
galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
SYNOPSIS
galaxy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors
integer] [-delay microseconds] [-cycles integer] [-count integer]
[-size integer] [-tracks] [-no-tracks] [-spin] [-no-spin]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
OPTIONS
galaxy accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
-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.
-ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The
colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the
color wheel.
-cycles integer
-count integer
-size integer
-tracks
-no-tracks
-spin
-no-spin
-fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
ENVIRONMENT
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.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup-
porting documentation.
AUTHOR
Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
for EGS in Cluster.
Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-re-
gensburg.de>, 30-Sep-94.
Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.
Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
<jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
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