galaxy(6x)							XScreenSaver manual							galaxy(6x)

NAME

       galaxy - draws spinning galaxies

SYNOPSIS

       galaxy [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncol-
       ors integer] [-delay microseconds] [-cycles integer] [-count integer] [-size integer] [-tracks] [-no-tracks] [-spin] [-no-spin]

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.

OPTIONS

       galaxy 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 64.  The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the  color
	       wheel.

       -cycles integer

       -count integer

       -size integer

       -tracks

       -no-tracks

       -spin

       -no-spin

       -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) 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.

       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

       Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
	for EGS in Cluster.

       Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.

       Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>, 30-Sep-94.

       Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.

       Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.

       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)							galaxy(6x)