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strange

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)