anemone (6)

NAME

anemone - wiggling tentacles.

SYNOPSIS

anemone [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-arms number] [-finpoints number] [-width number] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

Wiggling tentacles.

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: 40000 (0.04 seconds.).

-arms number

Arms. 2 - 500. Default: 128.

-finpoints number

Tentacles. 3 - 200. Default: 64.

-withdraw number

Frequency that the arms withdraw. Arms withdraw on randomly generated values between 1 and 11; this value determines the maximum value of that range. So 100 spends a lot of time withdrawn, while 1000,000 tends not to withdraw at all. Default: 1200.

-turnspeed number

How fast it turns. At zero, not at all, all they way up to thousands which are very fast indeed. Default: 50.

-width number

Thickness. 1 - 10. Default: 2.

-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 Gabriel Finch. 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

Gabriel Finch.