gleidescope(6x)

gleidescope6x

A tiled opengl kaleidescope

Usage

gleidescope [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [-delay number] [-move] [-rotate] [-zoom] [-image file] [-fps] [-size number] [-duration number]

Overview

A tiled kaleidescope using OpenGL.

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.).

--move

Move the camera.

--rotate

Rotate the camera.

--zoom

Zoom the camera in and out.

--image file

The texture map to use at the end of the kaleidescope.

--fps

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

--size number

The size of the hexagons being displayed [1(small)-10(large)]

--duration number

The time in seconds before another image is chosen.

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); --duration since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --image since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --move since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --rotate since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --size since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --zoom since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -duration until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -image until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -move until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rotate until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -size until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -zoom until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Andrew Dean.

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