pacman(6x)

pacman6x

Simulates a game of pac-man on a randomly-created level.

Usage

pacman [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay microseconds] [--size pixels] [--fps]

Overview

Simulates a game of Pac-Man on a randomly-created level.

Options

pacman 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.

--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 6.

--size integer

How big to make Pac-Man and the ghosts. 0 means "default."

--fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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

15 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 1.3–2.2
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13

--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --install since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --mono since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --ncolors since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root 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).

-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -install until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -mono until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -ncolors until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -size until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Edwin de Jong <[email protected]>.

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