xscreensaver(1)

NAME

pipes - fill the screen with a plumbing system.

SYNOPSIS

pipes   [-display  host:display.screen]  [-visual  visual]
[-window] [-root] [-count 0] [-count 1]  [-cycles  number]
[-size  number]  [-factory  number]  [-delay number] [-nofisheye] [-tightturns] [-db] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

If you've ever been in the same room with a Windows NT
machine, you've probably seen this GL hack. It fills the
screen with a plumbing system.

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.
-count 0
Curved Pipes.
-count 1
Ball Joints.
-cycles number
Number of pipe systems to draw at once. Default:
5.
-size number
Length of each pipe system. Default: 500.
-factory number
How much gadgetry to create; Useful range is 0-10.
Default: 2.
-delay number
How long (in microseconds) to sleep between
frames. Default: 100.
-fisheye | -no-fisheye
Whether to use a fisheye lens.
-tightturns | -no-tightturns
Whether to allow tight turns.
-db | -no-db
Whether to double-buffer.
-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_MAN
AGER property.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. Permission to use,
copy, modify, distribute, 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
permission 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

Marcelo Vianna.
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