scooter - shows a journey through space tunnel and stars
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Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by Sven Thoennissen. 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
scooter is a screensaver that shows endless journey through space tunnel and stars.
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
scooter - shows a 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-idnumber
Draw on the specified window.
--install
Install a private colormap for the window.
--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.
--delaymilliseconds
How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation. Default 10, or about
1/100th second.
--cyclescycles
How fast/slow the screensaver is. cycles takes number of cycles. The default is 5 cycles.
--countcount
Specifies how many doors in a tunnel can be rendered. Minimum is 4. Default is 24.
--sizesize
Specifies how many stars outside the tunnel can be rendered. Default is 100.
--ncolorscolors
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.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6x)
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]
