engine - Man Page

draws a 3D four-stroke engine.

Synopsis

engine [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--engine name] [--delay number] [--no-move] [--no-spin] [--no-title] [--fps]

Description

Draws a simple four-stroke engine that floats 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.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--engine name

What kind of engine to draw.  Default: random. Known models are: "Honda Insight" (3), "BMW M3" (4), "VW Beetle" (flat 4), "Audi Quattro" (5), "BMW M5" (6), "Subaru XT" (V6), "Porsche 911" (flat 6), "Corvette Z06" (V8), "Dodge Viper" (V10), and "Jaguar XKE" (V12).

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).

--move | --no-move

Whether the object should wander around the screen.

--spin | --no-spin

Whether the object should spin.

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

--title | --no-title

Whether to display the name of the engine being rendered.

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.

See Also

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Author

Ben Buxton.

Info

6.08-2.fc40 (27-Jan-2024) X Version 11 XScreenSaver manual