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NAME

       xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim

SYNOPSIS

       xspirograph  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-window]	[-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-subdelay useconds] [-layers
       integer] [-alwaysfinish] [-noalwaysfinish]

DESCRIPTION

       xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a  circular  disk  rotating  on  the
       inside of a hollow circular rim.

OPTIONS

       xspirograph accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.	This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -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.

       -delay secs
	       The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default: 5 seconds.

       -subdelay usec
	       The time to delay between each hundred line draws.  Use this if you want to see the pattern form.  Default: 0.

       -alwaysfinish -noalwaysfinish
	       If  you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first.  Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of iterations.
	       Default: no.

       -layers integer
	       Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.

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)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> 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.

       Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.

X Version 11							    9-Dec-2001							   XScreenSaver(1)