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shows a journey through space tunnel and stars

Synopsis

scooter [--display host:display.screen] [--mono] [--delay millisecs] [--cycles cycles] [--count count] [--size size] [--ncolors colors] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--install | --noinstall] [--visual visual] [--fps | --no-fps] [--pair]

Description

scooter is a screensaver that shows endless journey through space tunnel and stars.

Options

scooter 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 milliseconds

How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation. Default 10, or about 1/100th second.

--cycles cycles

How fast/slow the screensaver is. cycles takes number of cycles. The default is 5 cycles.

--count count

Specifies how many doors in a tunnel can be rendered. Minimum is 4. Default is 24.

--size size

Specifies how many stars outside the tunnel can be rendered. Default is 100.

--ncolors colors

Specifies number of colors. A number that is less than or equals 2 means monochrome. --mono achieves the same thing.

--pair

Start screensaver in pairs (Not recommended)

--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), xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6x)

Author

Sven Thoennissen <posse@gmx.net>

Info

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