1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "05-Apr-1999" "X Version 11" |
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2 | .SH NAME |
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3 | spotlight - move spotlight around desktop |
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4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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5 | .B spotlight |
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6 | [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] |
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7 | [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] |
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8 | [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-radius \fIpixels\fP] |
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9 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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10 | The \fIspotlight\fP program takes an image and exposes small sections |
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11 | of it as if through a wandering spotlight beam. |
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12 | |
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13 | The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of |
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14 | the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input, |
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15 | or from a random file on disk, as indicated by |
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16 | the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP, |
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17 | and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP |
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18 | file; see |
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19 | .BR xscreensaver-demo (1) |
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20 | for more details. |
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21 | .SH OPTIONS |
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22 | .I spotlight |
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23 | accepts the following options: |
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24 | .TP 8 |
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25 | .B \-window |
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26 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
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27 | .TP 8 |
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28 | .B \-root |
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29 | Draw on the root window. |
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30 | .TP 8 |
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31 | .B \-mono |
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32 | If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. |
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33 | .TP 8 |
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34 | .B \-install |
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35 | Install a private colormap for the window. |
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36 | .TP 8 |
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37 | .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP |
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38 | Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, |
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39 | or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. |
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40 | .TP 8 |
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41 | .B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP |
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42 | Slow it down. |
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43 | .TP 8 |
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44 | .B \-radius \fIpixels\fP |
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45 | Radius of the spotlight in pixels. |
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46 | .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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47 | .PP |
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48 | .TP 8 |
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49 | .B DISPLAY |
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50 | to get the default host and display number. |
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51 | .TP 8 |
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52 | .B XENVIRONMENT |
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53 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources |
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54 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. |
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55 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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56 | .BR X (1), |
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57 | .BR xscreensaver (1), |
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58 | .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1), |
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59 | .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1) |
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60 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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61 | Copyright \(co 1999 by Rick Schultz. Permission to use, copy, modify, |
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62 | distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is |
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63 | hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear |
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64 | in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice |
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65 | appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the |
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66 | suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without |
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67 | express or implied warranty. |
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68 | .SH CREDITS |
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69 | Hacked together by Rick Schultz <rick@skapunx.net>, based on StefView for |
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70 | BackSpace by Darcy Brockbank and on several other xscreensaver hacks. |
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