circuit(6x)

circuit6x

Animates a number of 3d electronic components.

Usage

circuit [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--parts number] [--no-spin] [--rotate] [--speed number] [--no-light] [--fps]

Overview

Animates a number of 3D electronic components.

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.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds.).

--parts number

Number of parts. Default: 10.

--spin | --no-spin

Whether the objects should spin.

--rotate | --no-rotate

Whether the scene should spin.

--speed number

Rotation speed, 0 - 100. Default: 1.

--light | --no-light

Whether to use lighting, or flat coloring.

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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

--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --light since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-light since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-rotate since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-spin since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --parts since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --rotate since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --spin since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -light until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -no-light until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-rotate until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-spin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -parts until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rotate until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -spin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Ben Buxton.

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