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flurry

XScreenSaver(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   XScreenSaver(1)

NAME

       flurry

SYNOPSIS

       flurry [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-preset <arg>] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       This is a port of the OSX screensaver flurry.

OPTIONS

       -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.

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

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -preset <arg>
	       Select a preset (classic, fire, water, psychedelic, rgb, binary, random, insane)

	       (Insane will never be selected at random, because it requires lots of CPU/GPU power)

       -fps | -no-fps
	       Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

       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.

AUTHORS

       OSX screensaver by Calum Robinson <calumr@mac.com>

       http://homepage.mac.com/calumr

       xscreensaver port by Tobias Sargeant <tobias.sargeant@bigpond.com>

POSTCARDS

       If  you	really like it, send me a postcard (after all, you're getting this for free!). Please check this address by downloading the latest
       version of Flurry just before you send me a postcard - I may have moved.

       Calum Robinson
       133 Sydenham Avenue
       Belfast
       Northern Ireland
       BT4 2DQ

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT

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