gears(6x)

gears6x

Draw interlocking gears, for xscreensaver.

Usage

gears [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--install] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--speed float] [--no-spin] [--no-wander] [-count integer] [-wireframe] [-fps]

Overview

This draws a set of rotating gears.

Options

gears accepts the following options:

--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.

--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.

--delay usecs

The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds.)

--speed float

Larger numbers mean run faster. Default: 1.0.

--no-spin

Don't rotate the object.

--no-wander

Don't wander the object around the screen.

--count integer

How many gears to draw. Default: 0 for random.

--wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--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

--count since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --install since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-spin since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-count until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -cycles until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -install until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -no-spin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -planetary until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Jamie Zawinski.

An earlier version of this program by Brian Paul was written in 1997; this version was rewritten from scratch by jwz in 2007.

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