wander(6x)

wander6x

Colorful random-walk.

Usage

wander [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--density number] [--reset number] [--length number] [--delay number] [--circles] [--size number] [--advance number] [--fps]

Overview

Draws a colorful random-walk, in various forms.

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.

--density number

Density. 1 - 30. Default: 2.

--reset number

Number of frames before resetting. Default: 2500000.

--length number

Number of iterations. Default: 25000.

--delay number

Sustain. 0 - 60. Default: 1.

--circles | --no-circles

Whether to draw spots.

--size number

Size. 0 - 100. Default: 1.

--advance number

Color Contrast. 1 - 100. Default: 1.

--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.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13

--advance since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --circles since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --density since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --length since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-circles since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --reset since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --size since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

-advance until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -circles until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -density until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -length until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-circles until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -reset until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -size until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Rick Campbell.

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