forest(6x)

forest6x

Draws a fractal forest

Usage

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

Overview

The forest program draws a fractal forest.

Options

forest 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 20.

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

3 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0

Author

Pascal Pensa <[email protected]>, 1995.

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 27-May-97.

From xscreensaver-data-extra 5.05-3+lenny1 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.