hextrail(6)

hextrail6

Screen saver.

Usage

hextrail [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--count number] [--thickness number] [--no-wander] [--no-spin] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Overview

A network of colorful lines grows upon a hexagonal substrate.

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.

--delay number

Frame rate. 0 - 100000. Default: 30000.

--speed number

Speed. 0.1 - 20. Default: 1.0.

--count number

Hexagon Size. 2 - 80. Default: 20.

--thickness number

Line Thickness. 0.01 - 0.5. Default: 0.15.

--no-wander | --no--no-wander

Wander. Boolean.

--no-spin | --no--no-spin

Spin. Boolean.

--wireframe | --no--wireframe

Wireframe. Boolean.

--fps | --no--fps

Show frame rate. Boolean.

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

Jamie Zawinski.

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