NAME¶
galaxy - draws spinning galaxies
SYNOPSIS¶
galaxy [-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground
color]
[-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual
visual] [-ncolors
integer] [-delay
microseconds] [-cycles
integer] [-count
integer] [-size
integer] [-tracks]
[-no-tracks] [-spin] [-no-spin]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.
OPTIONS¶
galaxy 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.
- -ncolors integer
- How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the color
wheel.
- -cycles integer
- -count integer
- -size integer
- -tracks
- -no-tracks
- -spin
- -no-spin
- -fps
- Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO¶
X(1),
xscreensaver(1),
xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
AUTHOR¶
Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
for EGS in Cluster.
Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.
Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer
<hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>, 30-Sep-94.
Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.
Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.
Ability to run standalone or with
xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
<jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.