DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
dymaxionmap6x
An animation of buckminster fuller's unwrapped icosahedral globe.
Usage
dymaxionmap [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--delay
number]
[--speed
ratio]
[--no-wander]
[--no-roll]
[--no-stars]
[--no-grid]
[--flat]
[--satellite]
[--image
file]
[--image2
file]
[--frames
number]
[--wireframe]
[--fps]
Overview
Buckminster Fuller's map of the Earth projected onto the surface of an unfolded icosahedron. It depicts the Earth's continents as one island, or nearly contiguous land masses.
This screen saver animates the progression of the dusk terminator across the flattened globe. It includes both satellite and flat-colored map imagery, and can load and convert other Equirectangular-projected maps.
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: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
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--speed ratio -
Speed of the animation. 0.5 means half as fast, 2 means twice as fast.
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--wander | --no-wander -
Whether the object should wander around the screen. Default yes.
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--roll | --no-roll -
Whether the object should roll randomly. Default yes.
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--stars | --no-stars -
Whether to display a star field. Default yes.
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--grid | --no-grid -
Whether to overlay a latitude/longitude grid over the map. Default yes.
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--flat -
Display a flat-colored map of the Earth. This is the default.
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--satellite -
Display a day-time satellite map of the Earth.
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--image file -
An image to use for the day-time map.
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--image2 file -
An image to use for the night-time map. The two images can be the same: the night-time one will be darkened.
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--frames number -
The number of frames in the day/night animation. Default 720. Larger numbers are smoother, but use more memory. The day/night animation happens if image2 is set, or if frames is greater than 1.
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--wireframe | --no-wireframe -
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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--fps | --no-fps -
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
Environment
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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
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--flat since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--frames since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--grid since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--image since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--image2 since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-grid since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-roll since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-stars since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--roll since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--satellite since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--stars since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-flat until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-frames until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-grid until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-image until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-image2 until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-grid until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-roll until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-stars until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-roll until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-satellite until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-stars until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).