DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
winduprobot6x
Screen saver.
Usage
winduprobot [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--delay
number]
[--count
number]
[--speed
ratio]
[--size
ratio]
[--opacity
ratio]
[--talk
ratio]
[--no-texture]
[--no-fade]
[--fps]
Overview
A swarm of wind-up toy robots wander around the table-top, bumping into each other. Each robot contains a mechanically accurate gear system inside, which you can see when the robot's shell occasionally fades to transparency.
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).
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--count number -
Number of robots. 1 - 100. Default: 25.
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--speed ratio -
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
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--size ratio -
Robot size. 2.0 means twice as big, 0.5 means half as big.
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--opacity ratio -
Robot skin transparency. 0.0 - 1.0. Default: 1.0.
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--talk ratio -
How often to occasionally pop up a word bubble with random text in it. 0.0 means never. 1.0 means often.
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--texture | --no-texture -
Whether the robot's surface should be reflective chrome.
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--fade | --no-fade -
Whether to sometimes fade the robot's opacity to show the inner mechanism.
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--fps | --no-fps -
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
Environment
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XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW -
The window ID to use with --root.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.
--count since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--delay since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fade since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-fade since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-texture since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--opacity since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--size since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--speed since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--talk since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--texture since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-count until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-delay until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fade until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-fade until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-no-texture until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-opacity until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-size until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-speed until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-talk until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-texture until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).