apollonian(6)

apollonian6

Descartes circle theorem.

Usage

apollonian [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--no-label] [--no-altgeom] [--cycles number] [--ncolors number] [--delay number] [--fps]

Overview

Packs a large circle with smaller circles, demonstrating the Descartes Circle Theorem.

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.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--label | --no-label

Draw Labels. Boolean.

--altgeom | --no-altgeom

Include Alternate Geometries. Boolean.

--cycles number

Depth. 1 - 20. Default: 20.

--ncolors number

Number of Colors. Default: 64.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 1000000 (1.00 seconds.).

--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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

Author

Allan R. Wilks and David Bagley.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.