winduprobot - screen saver.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2014 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
A swarm of wind-up toy robots wander around the table-top, bumping into each other. Each robot contains a
mechanically accurate gear system inside, which you can see when the robot's shell occasionally fades to
transparency.
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
winduprobot - 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).
--countnumber
Number of robots. 1 - 100. Default: 25.
--speedratio
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
--sizeratio
Robot size. 2.0 means twice as big, 0.5 means half as big.
--opacityratio
Robot skin transparency. 0.0 - 1.0. Default: 1.0.
--talkratio
How often to occasionally pop up a word bubble with random text in it. 0.0 means never. 1.0
means often.
--texture|--no-texture
Whether the robot's surface should be reflective chrome.
--fade|--no-fade
Whether to sometimes fade the robot's opacity to show the inner mechanism.
--fps|--no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1) xscreensaver-text(6x)
Synopsis
winduprobot [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--delay number] [--count number] [--speed ratio] [--size ratio] [--opacity ratio] [--talk ratio] [--no-
texture] [--no-fade] [--fps]
