skytentacles6

Usage

Overview

There is a tentacled abomination in the sky. From above you it devours.

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 int

Delay between frames, in microseconds. Default 30000.

--speed ratio

Less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster. Default 1.

--count int

How many tentacles. Default 8.

--thickness ratio

Less than 1 for thinner tentacles, greater than 1 for thicker. Default 1.

--length ratio

Length of the tentacles. Default 9.

--wiggliness ratio

A measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in smoother flexing; larger numbers make it "crinkly". Default 0.35.

--flexibility ratio

Another measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in straighter tentacles; larger numbers result in more extreme curves. Default 0.35.

--color color

--stripe-color color

--sucker-color color

The colors of the various parts of the tentacle. Default green with a redish stripe.

--slices int

--segments int

Larger numbers increase number of polygons in the object mesh. Default 32.

--no-smooth

Make the tentacles appear faceted instead of smooth.

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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.