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1.TH XScreenSaver 1 "05-Apr-1999" "X Version 11"
2.SH NAME
3decayscreen - make a screen meltdown.
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B decayscreen
6[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install]
7[\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-mode \fImode\fP]
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9The \fIdecayscreen\fP program creates a melting effect by randomly
10shifting rectangles around the screen.
11
12The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of
13the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input,
14or from a random file on disk, as indicated by
15the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP,
16and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
17file; see
18.BR xscreensaver-demo (1)
19for more details.
20.SH OPTIONS
21.I decayscreen
22accepts the following options:
23.TP 8
24.B \-window
25Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
26.TP 8
27.B \-root
28Draw on the root window.
29.TP 8
30.B \-mono
31If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
32.TP 8
33.B \-install
34Install a private colormap for the window.
35.TP 8
36.B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
37Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a visual class,
38or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
39.TP 8
40.B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP
41Slow it down.
42.TP 8
43.B \-mode \fImode\fP
44The direction in which the image should tend to slide.  Legal values are
45\fIrandom\fP (meaning pick one), \fIup\fP, \fIleft\fP, \fIright\fP,
46\fIdown\fP, \fIupleft\fP, \fIdownleft\fP, \fIupright\fP, \fIdownright\fP,
47\fIshuffle\fP (meaning perfer no particular direction), \fIin\fP (meaning
48move things toward the center), \fIout\fP (meaning move things away
49from the center), \fImelt\fP (meaning melt straight
50downward),  \fIstretch\fP (meaning stretch the screen downward),
51and \fIfuzz\fP (meaning go blurry instead of melty).
52.SH ENVIRONMENT
53.PP
54.TP 8
55.B DISPLAY
56to get the default host and display number.
57.TP 8
58.B XENVIRONMENT
59to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
60stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
61.SH "SEE ALSO"
62.BR X (1),
63.BR xscreensaver (1),
64.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
65.BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
66.SH COPYRIGHT
67Copyright 1992 by Vivek Khera.  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
68and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
69without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
70that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
71supporting documentation.  No representations are made about the suitability
72of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or
73implied warranty.
74.SH AUTHOR
75Vivek Khera <khera@cs.duke.edu>, 05-Aug-93; based on code by David Wald, 1988.
76Modified by jwz, 28-Nov-1997.
77Modified by Rick Schultz <rick@skapunx.net> 05-Apr-1999.
78Modified by Vince Levey <vincel@vincel.org> 25-Oct-2001.
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