halo(6) XScreenSaver manual halo(6) NAME halo - draw circular patterns SYNOPSIS halo [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install] [--vi- sual visual] [--count int] [--delay usecs] [--mode seuss | ramp | random ] [--animate] [--colors integer] [--fps] DESCRIPTION The halo program draws cool patterns based on circles. OPTIONS halo 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. --count integer How many circles to draw. Default 0, meaning random. --mode seuss | ramp | random In seuss mode, alternating striped curves will be drawn. In ramp mode, a color ramp will be drawn. random means pick the mode randomly. --delay microseconds How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the ani- mation. Default 100000, or about 0.1 second. --colors integer How many colors to use. Default 100. --animate If specified, then the centerpoints of the circles will bounce around. Otherwise, the circles will be drawn once, erased, and a new set of circles will be drawn. --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) 1993 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 no- tice 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>, 6-jul-93. X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) halo(6)
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