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splitflap(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		  splitflap(6)

NAME
       splitflap - a simulation	of a split-flap	electromechanical display.

SYNOPSIS
       splitflap  [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root]	[--window-id number] [--delay  microseconds]  [--speed	float]
       [--width	 columns]  [--height  rows]  [--mode text | clock12 | clock24]
       [--no-wander] [--spin axes] [--no-spin] [--front] [--no-front] [--wire-
       frame] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       Simulates a split-flap display, an old style of electromechanical  sign
       as  seen	 in  airports  and  train stations, and	commonly used in alarm
       clocks in the 1960s and 1970s.

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.

       --window-id number
	       Draw on the specified window.

       --delay number
	       Per-frame delay,	in microseconds.  Default:  20000  (0.02  sec-
	       onds).

       --speed number
	       Animation  speed.   2.0	means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as
	       fast.

       --width number
	       Columns of the display.	Default: 22.

       --height	number
	       Rows of the display. Default: 8.

       --mode clock12
	       Display a 12-hour clock.

       --mode clock24
	       Display a 24-hour clock.

       --front | --no-front
	       When spinning, never spin all the way around  or	 upside	 down:
	       always face mostly forward so that the text is easily readable.
	       This is the default.

       --no-front
	       Allow spins to go all the way around or upside down.

       --wander	| --no-wander
	       Whether the object should wander	around the screen.

       --spin  Which  axes  around which the text should spin.	The default is
	       "XYZ", meaning rotate it	freely in space.  "--spin Z" would ro-
	       tate the	text in	the plane of the screen	while not rotating  it
	       into or out of the screen; etc.

       --wireframe | --no-wireframe
	       Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       --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.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
	       The window ID to	use with --root.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2015 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
       distribute,  and	 sell this software and	its documentation for any pur-
       pose 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	repre-
       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur-
       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or	implied	warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski.

X Version 11		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		  splitflap(6)

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