| 1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "18-mar-1999" "X Version 11" |
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| 2 | .SH NAME |
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| 3 | squiral - square spirals screensaver |
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 5 | .B squiral |
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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 | [\-noinstall] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-fill \fIpercent\fP] [-count |
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| 9 | \fInumber\fP] [-delay \fIusec\fP] [-disorder \fIfraction\fP] [-handedness |
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| 10 | \fIfraction\fP] [-cycle] |
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| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 12 | The \fIsquiral\fP program displays interacting, spiral-producing automata |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | .SH OPTIONS |
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| 15 | .I squiral |
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| 16 | accepts the following options: |
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| 17 | .TP 8 |
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| 18 | .B \-window |
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| 19 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
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| 20 | .TP 8 |
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| 21 | .B \-root |
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| 22 | Draw on the root window. |
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| 23 | .TP 8 |
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| 24 | .B \-mono |
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| 25 | If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. |
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| 26 | .TP 8 |
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| 27 | .B \-install |
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| 28 | Install a private colormap for the window. |
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| 29 | .TP 8 |
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| 30 | .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP |
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| 31 | Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, |
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| 32 | or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. |
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| 33 | .TP 8 |
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| 34 | .B \-fill \fIpercent\fP |
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| 35 | Specify the percent (0-100) of the screen which must be filled before |
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| 36 | the screen is cleared. 60-80 percent are good values. |
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| 37 | .TP 8 |
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| 38 | .B \-count \fInumber\fP |
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| 39 | The number of squiralies. By default, the screen width divided by 32. |
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| 40 | .TP 8 |
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| 41 | .B \-delay \fIusec\fP |
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| 42 | The wait between steps. The default is 1000. |
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| 43 | .TP 8 |
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| 44 | .B \-disorder \fIfraction\fP |
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| 45 | The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose a new direction. |
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| 46 | The default is 0.005. |
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| 47 | .TP 8 |
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| 48 | .B \-handedness \fIfraction\fP |
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| 49 | The fraction of the time a squiraly will choose to enter lefthanded |
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| 50 | mode. 0.0 means exclusively right-handed behavior, 0.5 (the default) is |
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| 51 | a balance between the two, and 1.0 is exclusively left-handed behaviour. |
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| 52 | .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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| 53 | .PP |
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| 54 | .TP 8 |
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| 55 | .B DISPLAY |
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| 56 | to get the default host and display number. |
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| 57 | .TP 8 |
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| 58 | .B XENVIRONMENT |
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| 59 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources |
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| 60 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. |
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| 61 | .SH BUGS |
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| 62 | None known |
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| 63 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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| 64 | .BR X (1), |
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| 65 | .BR xscreensaver (1) |
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| 66 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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| 67 | Copyright \(co 1999, by Jeff Epler. Permission to use, copy, modify, |
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| 68 | distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is |
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| 69 | hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the above copyright notice |
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| 70 | appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission |
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| 71 | notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about |
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| 72 | the suitability of fnord this software for any purpose. It is provided "as |
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| 73 | is" without express or fnord implied warranty. |
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| 74 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 75 | Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>, 18-mar-1999 |
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| 76 | |
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