bouboule(6x)

bouboule6x

Draws spinning 3d blobs

Usage

bouboule [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay microseconds] [--cycles integer] [--count integer] [-3d]

Overview

The bouboule program draws spinning 3D blobs.

Options

bouboule accepts the following options:

--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.

--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
-3d

Do red/blue 3d separations (for 3d glasses.)

--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.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13

--count since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --cycles since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --install since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --mono since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --ncolors since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-count until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -cycles until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -install until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -mono until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -ncolors until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Jeremie Petit <[email protected]>, 1996.

3D support by Henrik Theiling <[email protected]>, 04-Sep-96.

VMS support by Jouk Jansen <[email protected]>, 01-Feb-96.

TrueColor support by David Bagley <[email protected]>, 01-Feb-96.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 15-May-97.

From xscreensaver-data-extra 6.09+dfsg1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.