braid(1)

braid1

Draws random color-cycling braids around a circle

Usage

braid [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds] [-cycles integer] [-count integer]

Overview

The braid program draws random color-cycling braids around a circle.

Options

braid accepts the following options:

-window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

-root

Draw on the root 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

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1–3.0

Author

John Neil <[email protected]>, 29-Aug-95.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 10-May-97.

From xscreensaver 3.34-3 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.