discoball(6x) XScreenSaver manual discoball(6x)
NAME
discoball - A dusty, dented disco ball screen saver.
SYNOPSIS
discoball [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
[-root] [-delay number] [-speed number] [-count number] [-no-wander]
[-spin] [-wireframe] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
A dusty, dented disco ball. Woop woop.
OPTIONS
-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.
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 sec-
onds).
-speed number
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as
fast.
-count number
Number of rows of tiles on the ball. 10 - 100. Default: 30.
-wander | -no-wander
Whether the object should wander around the screen.
-spin | -no-spin
Whether the scene should spin.
-wireframe | -no-wireframe
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
-fps | -no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of
the screen.
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)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2016 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur-
pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre-
sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur-
pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski.
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