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NAME
       wormhole - animation of flying through a wormhole

SYNOPSIS
       wormhole  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-window]  [-visual  visual]
       [-root] [-stars n] [-delay usecs] [-zspeed n] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The wormhole program shows an animation of flying through a tunnel sur-
       rounded by streaks of light.

OPTIONS
       wormhole accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   Make all the rocks the same color.

       -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.

       -stars integer
               Number of stars to create every animation loop.

       -zspeed integer
               Speed light streaks fly by.

       -delay microseconds
               Number  of  microseconds  to delay between each frame.  Default
               10000, meaning about 1/100th second.  Compare and contrast with
               -zspeed, above.

       -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)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004 by Jon Rafkind.  Permission to use, copy, modify, dis-
       tribute,  and  sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
       is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice
       appear  in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per-
       mission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No  representations
       are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is
       provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jon Rafkind <jon@rafkind.com>

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