redhat man page for xmatrix

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NAME
       xmatrix - simulates the computer displays from the movie

SYNOPSIS
       xmatrix [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay usecs] [-density percentage] [-top | -bottom |
       -both] [-small | -large] [-trace] [-phone number]

DESCRIPTION
       The xmatrix program draws dropping characters similar to the displays in the Wachowski brothers' film, "The Matrix".

OPTIONS
       xmatrix 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 usecs
	       The delay between steps of the animation, in microseconds: default 10000.

       -density percentage
	       The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled with characters at any given time.  Default 75%.

       -top | -bottom | -both
	       If -top is specified, the characters will only drop in from the top of the screen as sliding columns of characters.  If -bottom	is
	       specified,  then  instead  of sliding columns, the characters will appear as columns that grow downwards and are erased from above.
	       If -both is specified, then a mixture of both styles will be used.  The default is -both.

       -small | -large
	       These options specify the sizes of the characters.  The default is -large.

       -trace  Start off with a representation of a phone number being traced.	When the number is finally found, display The Matrix as usual.

       -phone number
	       The phone number to trace, if -trace is specified.

       -binary Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, only display ones and zeros.

       -hexadecimal
	       Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display hexadecimal digits.

       -dna    Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display genetic code (guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine.)

       -knock-knock
	       Produce some messages at random times.

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) 1999 by Jamie Zawinski.  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.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 25-Apr-99.

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