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Post 302388113 by gaurav1086 on Tuesday 19th of January 2010 12:44:26 PM
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strange(6x) XScreenSaver manual strange(6x) NAME
strange - draws strange attractors SYNOPSIS
strange [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
The strange program draws strange attractors OPTIONS
strange accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. -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. -ncolors integer How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 100. The colors are chosen randomly. -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. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997 by Massimino Pascal. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro- vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup- porting documentation. AUTHOR
Massimino Pascal <Pascal.Massimon@ens.fr>, 1997. Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97. X Version 11 5.15 (28-Sep-2011) strange(6x)