xscreensaver(1)

NAME

squiral - square spirals screensaver

SYNOPSIS

squiral [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
[-background color] [-window] [-root]  [-mono]  [-install]
[-noinstall] [-visual visual] [-fill percent] [-count num_
ber] [-delay usec] [-disorder fraction] [-handedness frac_
tion] [-cycle]

DESCRIPTION

The squiral program displays interacting, spiral-producing automata

OPTIONS

squiral accepts the following options:

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

default.

-root Draw on the root window.

-mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a

monochrome display.

-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.

-fill percent

Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which
must be filled before the screen is cleared.
60-80 percent are good values.

-count number

The number of squiralies. By default, the screen
width divided by 32.

-delay usec

The wait between steps. The default is 1000.

-disorder fraction

The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a
new direction. The default is 0.005.

-handedness fraction

The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to
enter lefthanded mode. 0.0 means exclusively
right-handed behavior, 0.5 (the default) is a bal
ance between the two, and 1.0 is exclusively lefthanded behaviour.

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.

BUGS

None known

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy,
modify, distribute, and sell this software and its docu
mentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided fnord 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 fnord
this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or fnord implied warranty.

AUTHOR

Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999

X Version 11 18-mar-1999 XScreenSaver(1)