sierpinski(6)

sierpinski6

Draws sierpinski triangle fractals

Usage

sierpinski [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay microseconds] [--cycles integer] [--count integer]

Overview

The sierpinski program draws Sierpinski triangle fractals.

Options

sierpinski 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 64. The colors are chosen randomly.

--cycles integer
--count integer
--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

Desmond Daignault <[email protected]>, 05-Sep-96. (Original xlock version was called tri.c.)

Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 10-May-97. (Renamed to sierpinski.)

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