timetunnel(6x)

timetunnel6x

Plasma tunnels fade in and out

Usage

timetunnel [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--start number] [--end number] [--dilate number] [--no-logo] [--reverse] [--no-fog] [--no-texture] [--wireframe] [--fps] [--tardis texture] [--head texture] [--marquee texture] [--tun1 texture] [--tun2 texture] [--tun3 texture]

Overview

Draws an animation similar to the opening and closing effects on the Dr. Who television show.

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.

--start number

Start time of loop, 0.0 - 30.00. Default 0.0. May be identical to end time.

--end number

End time of loop, 0.0 - 30.00. Default 27.79. May be identical to start time.

--dilate number

Scale time to speed or slow simulation. Numbers less than one slow it down.

--reverse

Play in reverse, including tunnels.

--no-fog

Turn off fog.

--no-texture

Turn off textures.

--wireframe

Show as wire frame.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

--tardis texture

Specify an xpm file to override default tardis texture.

--head texture

Specify an xpm file to override default Dr. Who head texture.

--marquee texture

Specify an xpm file to override default show marquee texture.

--tun1 texture

Specify an xpm file to override default tardis tunnel texture.

--tun2 texture

Specify an xpm file to override default middle tunnel texture.

--tun3 texture

Specify an xpm file to override default final tunnel texture.

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.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13

--dilate since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --end since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --head since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --marquee since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-fog since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-logo since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-texture since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --reverse since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --start since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --tardis since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --tun1 since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --tun2 since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --tun3 since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --wireframe since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-dilate until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -end until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fog until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -head until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -marquee until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fog until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-logo until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-texture until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -reverse until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -start until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tardis until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tun1 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tun2 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tun3 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -tunonly until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -wireframe until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Sean Brennan <[email protected]>

From xscreensaver-gl-extra 6.09+dfsg1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.