worm(6x)

worm6x

Multicolored worms that crawl around the screen.

Usage

worm [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-count number] [-delay number] [-ncolors number] [-size number]

Overview

An ancient hack that draws multicolored worms that crawl around the screen.

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.

-count number

Count. -100 - 100. Default: -20.

-delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 17000 (0.017 seconds.).

-ncolors number

Number of Colors. Default: 150.

-size number

Size. -20 - 20. Default: -3.

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.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0

Author

Brad Taylor, Dave Lemke, Boris Putanec, and Henrik Theiling.

From xscreensaver-data-extra 5.05-3+lenny1 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.