cynosure(6) XScreenSaver manual cynosure(6) NAME cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver. SYNOPSIS cynosure [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number] [--itera- tions number] [--fps] DESCRIPTION A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first implementation was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozymandias G. Desiderata wrote a Java applet clone. That clone was discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported to C for in- clusion here. 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: 500000 (0.50 seconds.). --ncolors number Number of Colors. Default: 128. --iterations number Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100. --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 re- sources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW The window ID to use with --root. SEE ALSO X(1), xscreensaver(1) COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this soft- ware 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 docu- mentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this soft- ware for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski. X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) cynosure(6)
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