halo - Man Page

draw circular patterns

Synopsis

halo [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--count int] [--delay usecs] [--mode seuss | ramp | random ] [--animate] [--colors integer]  [--fps]

Description

The halo program draws cool patterns based on circles.

Options

halo 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.

--mono

If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

--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.

--count integer

How many circles to draw.  Default 0, meaning random.

--mode seuss | ramp | random

In seuss mode, alternating striped curves will be drawn.

In ramp mode, a color ramp will be drawn.

random means pick the mode randomly.

--delay microseconds

How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation. Default 100000, or about 0.1 second.

--colors integer

How many colors to use.  Default 100.

--animate

If specified, then the centerpoints of the circles will bounce around. Otherwise, the circles will be drawn once, erased, and a new set of circles will be drawn.

--fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 6-jul-93.

Info

6.09-3.fc42 (23-Sep-2024) X Version 11 XScreenSaver manual