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cellular automaton.

Synopsis

loop [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--cycles number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number] [--size number] [--fps]

Description

Another cellular automaton. This one produces loop-shaped colonies that spawn, age, and eventually die.

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.

--cycles number

Timeout.  0 - 8000.  Default: 1600.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 100000 (0.10 seconds.).

--ncolors number

Number of Colors.  Default: 15.

--size number

Size.  -50 - 50.  Default: -12.

--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

David Bagley.

Info

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