polyominoes(6)

polyominoes6

Fill a rectangle with irregularly-shaped blocks.

Usage

polyominoes [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--identical] [--cycles number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number] [--fps]

Overview

Repeatedly attempts to completely fill a rectangle with irregularly-shaped puzzle pieces.

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.

--identical | --no-identical

Whether to use identical pieces.

--cycles number

Duration. 500 - 5000. Default: 2000.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).

--ncolors number

Number of Colors. Default: 64.

--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.

Author

Stephen Montgomery-Smith.

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