xscreensaver(1)

NAME

cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

cynosure  [-display  host:display.screen] [-visual visual]
[-window]  [-root]  [-delay  number]   [-ncolors   number]
[-iterations number]

DESCRIPTION

A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The
first implementation was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozyman
dias G. Desiderata wrote a Java applet clone. That clone
was discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported to C for
inclusion here.

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: 500000
(0.50 seconds.).

-ncolors number

Number of Colors. Default: 128.

-iterations number

Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100.

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_MAN
AGER property.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G.
Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy,
modify, distribute, and sell this software and its docu
mentation 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

Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zaw

inski.