gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2020 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software
and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
Description
Hacking the Gibson, as per the 1995 classic film, HACKERS.
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with
viruses, and stealing materials for their own ends. These people, they are terrorists."
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.
Name
gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver.
Options
--visualvisual
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-idnumber
Draw on the specified window.
--delaynumber
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
--speednumber
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
--grid-widthnumber
Number of towers across. 1 - 20. Default: 10.
--grid-depthnumber
Number of towers deep. 1 - 20. Default: 10.
--grid-heightnumber
Height of the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 7.
--grid-spacingnumber
Space between towers. 1 - 5. Default: 2.0.
--columnsnumber
Columns of text on the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 6.
--texture|--no-texture
Whether to draw text. Default true.
--wireframe|--no-wireframe
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
--fps|--no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
Synopsis
gibson [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--delay number] [--speed number] [--grid-width number] [--grid-depth number] [--grid-height number]
[--grid-spacing number] [--columns number] [--no-texture] [--wireframe] [--fps]
