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splitflap6x
A simulation of a split-flap electromechanical display.
Usage
splitflap [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--delay
microseconds]
[--speed
float]
[--width
columns]
[--height
rows]
[{--mode
text | clock12 | clock24}]
[--no-wander]
[--spin
axes]
[--no-spin]
[--front]
[--no-front]
[--wireframe]
[--fps]
Overview
Simulates a split-flap display, an old style of electromechanical sign as seen in airports and train stations, and commonly used in alarm clocks in the 1960s and 1970s.
Options
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--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.
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--window -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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--root -
Draw on the root window.
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--window-id number -
Draw on the specified window.
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--delay number -
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
-
--speed number -
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
-
--width number -
Columns of the display. Default: 22.
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--height number -
Rows of the display. Default: 8.
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--mode clock12 -
Display a 12-hour clock.
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--mode clock24 -
Display a 24-hour clock.
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--front | --no-front -
When spinning, never spin all the way around or upside down: always face mostly forward so that the text is easily readable. This is the default.
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--no-front -
Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down.
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--wander | --no-wander -
Whether the object should wander around the screen.
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--spin -
Which axes around which the text should spin. The default is "XYZ", meaning rotate it freely in space. "--spin Z" would rotate the text in the plane of the screen while not rotating it into or out of the screen; etc.
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--wireframe | --no-wireframe -
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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--fps | --no-fps -
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
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
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--front since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--height since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--mode since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-front since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--spin since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--wander since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--width since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-front until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-height until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-mode until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-front until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-spin until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-wander until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-width until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).