NAME¶
ripples - interference patterns.
SYNOPSIS¶
ripples [-display
host:display.screen] [-visual
visual]
[-window] [-root] [-delay
number] [-duration
secs] [-rate
number] [-fluidity
number] [-light
number] [-water]
[-stir] [-oily] [-grayscale] [-colors
number] [-no-shm] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION¶
This draws rippling interference patterns like splashing water. With the -water
option, it manipulates your desktop image to look like something is dripping
into it.
OPTIONS¶
- -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.
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -delay number
- Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 50000 (0.05
seconds.).
- -duration seconds
- How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120
seconds.
- -rate number
- Drizzle. 1 - 100. Default: 5.
- -fluidity number
- Small Drops. 0 - 16. Default: 6.
- -light number
- Lighting Effect. 0 - 8. Default: 0.
- -water | -no-water
- Grab Screen Image. Boolean.
- -stir | -no-stir
- Moving Splashes. Boolean.
- -oily | -no-oily
- Psychedelic Colors. Boolean.
- -grayscale
- Convert the screen image to grayscale. Ignored if we don't
grab the screen image or if our screen doesn't have enough color
depth.
- -colors number
- Colors Two. Default: 200.
- -shm | -no-shm
- Use Shared Memory. Boolean.
- -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)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2002 by Tom Hammersley. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR¶
Tom Hammersley.