DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
xmatrix1
Simulates the computer displays from the movie
Usage
xmatrix [-display
host:display.screen]
[-window]
[-root]
[-install]
[-visual
visual]
[-delay
usecs]
[-density
percentage]
[{-top | -bottom | -both}]
[{-small | -large}]
[-trace]
[-phone
number]
Overview
The xmatrix program draws dropping characters similar to the displays in the Wachowski brothers' film, "The Matrix".
Options
xmatrix accepts the following options:
-
-window -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-
-root -
Draw on the root window.
-
-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.
-
-delay usecs -
The delay between steps of the animation, in microseconds: default 10000.
-
-density percentage -
The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled with characters at any given time. Default 75%.
-
-top | -bottom | -both -
If
-topis specified, the characters will only drop in from the top of the screen as sliding columns of characters. If-bottomis specified, then instead of sliding columns, the characters will appear as columns that grow downwards and are erased from above. If-bothis specified, then a mixture of both styles will be used. The default is-both.
-
-small | -large -
These options specify the sizes of the characters. The default is
-large.
-
-trace -
Start off with a representation of a phone number being traced. When the number is finally found, display The Matrix as usual.
-
-phone number -
The phone number to trace, if
-traceis specified.
Environment
-
XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 1 time.
-phone since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-trace since Debian 3.0 (Woody).