xspirograph6x

Usage

Overview

xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a circular disk rotating on the inside of a hollow circular rim.

Options

xspirograph accepts the following options:

--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.

--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 secs

The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default: 5 seconds.

--subdelay usec

The time to delay between each hundred line draws. Use this if you want to see the pattern form. Default: 0.

--alwaysfinish --noalwaysfinish

If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first. Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of iterations. Default: no.

--layers integer

Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.

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.