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flame(6)		       XScreenSaver manual			flame(6)

NAME
     flame - draw weird cosmic fractals

SYNOPSIS
     flame  [--display	host:display.screen]  [--foreground color] [--background
     color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install]  [--vi-
     sual  visual]  [--colors integer] [--iterations integer] [--points integer]
     [--delay microseconds] [--delay2 microseconds] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
     The flame program generates colorful fractal displays.

OPTIONS
     flame accepts the following options:

     --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.

     --mono  If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

     --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.

     --colors integer
	     How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.

     --iterations integer
	     How many fractals to generate.  Default 25.

     --points integer
	     How many pixels to draw for each fractal.	Default 10000.

     --delay microseconds
	     How long we should wait  between  drawing	each  fractal.	 Default
	     50000, or about 1/20th second.

     --delay2 microseconds
	     How  long	we  should wait before clearing the screen when each run
	     ends.  Default 2000000, or two seconds.

     --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), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 1991 by Patrick J. Naughton

     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its docu-
     mentation	for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
     the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that  both  that  copy-
     right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

AUTHOR
     Scott Graves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>, 06-Jun-91.n

     Ability  to  run  standalone  or  with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
     <jwz@jwz.org>, 18-Oct-93.

X Version 11		       6.15 (30-Mar-2026)			flame(6)

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