strange(6)

strange6

Draws strange attractors

Usage

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

Overview

The strange program draws strange attractors

Options

strange 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 100. The colors are chosen randomly.

--points integer

Change the number of points/iterations each frame. Default 5500. More than 6000 activates the accumulator, which makes parts of the image brighter or darker depending on how often the attractor hits each pixel.

--point-size integer

Changes the size of individual points. Default 1.

--zoom float

Zooms in or out. Default 0.9.

--brightness float

Adjusts the brightness for accumulator mode. Default 1.0.

--motion-blur float

Adds motion blur. Default 3.0, no motion blur is 1.0.

--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

Massimino Pascal <[email protected]>, 1997.

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

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