headroom(6x)

headroom6x

A twitchy head.

Usage

headroom [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--spin [XYZ]] [--no-wander] [--no-mask] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Overview

"Back in my day, we used to say 'No future'. Well. This is it." -- Blank Reg

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).

--speed number

Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.

--spin 0

Don't rotate.

--spin [XYZ]

Around which axes should the object spin?

--wander | --no-wander

Whether the object should wander around the screen.

--mask | --no-mask

Mask Headroom.

--wireframe | --no-wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

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

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13

--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --mask since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-mask since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --spin 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); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -spin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Jamie Zawinski; suit model by Jared Williams.

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