DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
ripples6x
Interference patterns.
Usage
ripples [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--delay
number]
[--duration
secs]
[--rate
number]
[--fluidity
number]
[--light
number]
[--water]
[--stir]
[--oily]
[--grayscale]
[--colors
number]
[--no-shm]
[--fps]
Overview
This draws rippling interference patterns like splashing water. With the -water option, it manipulates your desktop image to look like something is dripping into it.
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: 50000 (0.05 seconds.).
-
--duration seconds -
How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120 seconds.
-
--rate number -
Drizzle. 1 - 100. Default: 5.
-
--fluidity number -
Small Drops. 0 - 16. Default: 6.
-
--light number -
Lighting Effect. 0 - 8. Default: 0.
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--water | --no-water -
Grab Screen Image. Boolean.
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--stir | --no-stir -
Moving Splashes. Boolean.
-
--oily | --no-oily -
Psychedelic Colors. Boolean.
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--grayscale -
Convert the screen image to grayscale. Ignored if we don't grab the screen image or if our screen doesn't have enough color depth.
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--colors number -
Colors Two. Default: 200.
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--shm | --no-shm -
Use Shared Memory. Boolean.
-
--fps -
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
Environment
-
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.
--colors since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--duration since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fluidity since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--grayscale since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--light since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-oily since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-shm since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-stir since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-water since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--oily since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--rate since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--shm since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--stir since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--water since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-colors until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-duration until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fluidity until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-grayscale until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-light until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-oily until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-shm until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-stir until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-water until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-oily until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-rate until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-shm until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-stir until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-water until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).