| 1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "9-Dec-2001" "X Version 11"
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B xspirograph
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| 6 | [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-install]
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| 7 | [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
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| 8 | [\-delay \fIseconds\fP]
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| 9 | [\-subdelay \fIuseconds\fP]
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| 10 | [\-layers \fIinteger\fP]
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| 11 | [\-alwaysfinish] [\-noalwaysfinish]
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| 12 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 13 | \fIxspirograph\fP draws patterns such as those made by a
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| 14 | spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a circular
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| 15 | disk rotating on the inside of a hollow circular rim.
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| 16 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 17 | .I xspirograph
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| 18 | accepts the following options:
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| 19 | .TP 8
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| 20 | .B \-window
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| 21 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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| 22 | .TP 8
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| 23 | .B \-root
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| 24 | Draw on the root window.
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| 25 | .TP 8
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| 26 | .B \-install
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| 27 | Install a private colormap for the window.
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| 28 | .TP 8
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| 29 | .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP\fP
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| 30 | Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
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| 31 | or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
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| 32 | .TP 8
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| 33 | .B \-delay \fIsecs\fP
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| 34 | The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default:
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| 35 | 5 seconds.
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| 36 | .TP 8
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| 37 | .B \-subdelay \fIusec\fP
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| 38 | The time to delay between each hundred line draws. Use this if you
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| 39 | want to see the pattern form. Default: 0.
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| 40 | .TP 8
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| 41 | .B \-alwaysfinish\fP \fB\-noalwaysfinish\fP
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| 42 | If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first.
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| 43 | Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of iterations. Default:
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| 44 | no.
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| 45 | .TP 8
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| 46 | .B \-layers \fIinteger\fP
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| 47 | Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.
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| 48 |
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| 49 | .SH ENVIRONMENT
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| 50 | .TP 8
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| 51 | .B DISPLAY
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| 52 | to get the default host and display number.
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| 53 | .TP 8
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| 54 | .B XENVIRONMENT
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| 55 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
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| 56 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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| 57 | .SH SEE ALSO
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| 58 | .BR X (1),
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| 59 | .BR xscreensaver (1)
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| 60 | .SH COPYRIGHT
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| 61 | Copyright \(co 2000 by Rohit Singh
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| 62 | <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
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| 63 | and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
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| 64 | granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
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| 65 | all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
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| 66 | notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made
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| 67 | about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
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| 68 | "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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| 69 | .P
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| 70 | Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.
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