gears(6x) XScreenSaver manual gears(6x)
NAME
gears - draw interlocking gears, for xscreensaver.
SYNOPSIS
gears [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
[-visual visual] [-delay usecs] [-speed float] [-no-spin] [-no-wander]
[-count integer] [-wireframe] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
This draws a set of rotating gears.
OPTIONS
gears accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-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.
-delay usecs
The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds.
Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds.)
-speed float
Larger numbers mean run faster. Default: 1.0.
-no-spin
Don't rotate the object.
-no-wander
Don't wander the object around the screen.
-count integer
How many gears to draw. Default: 0 for random.
-wireframe
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
-fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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 © 2007 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.
An earlier version of this program by Brian Paul was written in 1997;
this version was rewritten from scratch by jwz in 2007.
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