fireworkx(6)

fireworkx6

Pyrotechnic explosions eye-candy.

Usage

fireworkx [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--verbose] [--noflash] [--shoot] [--delay number] [--maxlife number] [--fps]

Overview

Animates explosions.

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.

--noflash

Turn off light flash effect. (Runs faster)

--shoot

Fire shells up using mortar.

--delay number

Delay between frames. In microseconds. (Default: 10000)

--maxlife number

Maximum decay period for an explosion. (Range: 0-100)

--verbose

For scientific research purposes only..!

--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

Written by Rony B Chandran <[email protected]> https://www.ronybc.com/
Additional programming and support:
Rugmini R Chandran <[email protected]>
Renuka S <[email protected]>
Jean-Pierre Demailly <[email protected]>
Nicholas Miell <[email protected]>

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