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NAME

       vines - draws pseudo-fractal geometric patterns

SYNOPSIS

       vines  [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncol-
       ors integer] [-delay microseconds]

DESCRIPTION

       The vines program is yet another geometric pattern generator, this one's claim to fame being a pseudo-fractal  looking  vine  like  pattern
       that creates nifty whorls and loops.

OPTIONS

       vines 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 200.  The colors are chosen randomly.

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 Tracy Camp.

       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

       Tracy Camp <campt@hurrah.com>, 1997.

       Tweaked by David Hansen <dhansen@metapath.com>, 21-Mar-97.

       Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

X Version 11							     10-May-97							   XScreenSaver(1)