DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
anemone6x
Wiggling tentacles.
Usage
anemone [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--delay
number]
[--arms
number]
[--finpoints
number]
[--width
number]
[--fps]
Overview
Wiggling tentacles.
Options
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--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.
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--window -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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--root -
Draw on the root window.
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--window-id number -
Draw on the specified window.
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--delay number -
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 40000 (0.04 seconds.).
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--arms number -
Arms. 2 - 500. Default: 128.
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--finpoints number -
Tentacles. 3 - 200. Default: 64.
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--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 So 100 spends a lot of time withdrawn, while 1000,000 tends not to withdraw at all.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.
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--turnspeed number -
How fast it turns. At zero, not at all, all they way up to thousands which are very fast indeed. Default: 50.
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--width number -
Thickness. 1 - 10. Default: 2.
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--fps -
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
Environment
-
XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW -
The window ID to use with --root.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.
--arms since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--finpoints since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--turnspeed since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--width since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--withdraw since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-arms until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-finpoints until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-turnspeed until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-width until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-withdraw until Debian 11 (Bullseye).