nakagin - Nakagin Capsule Tower screen saver.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2022 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
The Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished in 2022, but this version will continue to grow forever.
Constructed in 1972, the building was composed of small prefabricated rooms attached to the two central
towers. The capsules were intended to be mass produced and replaceable. Utilities and fittings were
installed before the capsules were shipped to the site.
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
nakagin - Nakagin Capsule Tower 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: 30000 (0.03 seconds).
--speednumber
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
--spin|--no-spin
Whether the building should slowly rotate.
--wander|--no-wander
Whether the building should wander around the screen.
--tilt|--no-tilt
Whether the observer should look up and down.
--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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakagin_Capsule_Tower,
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
Synopsis
nakagin [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--delay number] [--speed number] [--no-spin] [--wander] [--no-tilt] [--wireframe] [--fps]
