skytentacles(6) XScreenSaver manual skytentacles(6) NAME skytentacles - 3D tentacles from the sky! SYNOPSIS skytentacles [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay int] [--speed ratio] [--count int] [--slices int] [--length float] [--wiggliness ratio] [--flexibility ratio] [--color color] [--stripe-color color] [--sucker-color color] [--segments int] [--thickness ratio] [--no-smooth] [--fps] DESCRIPTION There is a tentacled abomination in the sky. From above you it devours. 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 int Delay between frames, in microseconds. Default 30000. --speed ratio Less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster. Default 1. --count int How many tentacles. Default 8. --thickness ratio Less than 1 for thinner tentacles, greater than 1 for thicker. De- fault 1. --length ratio Length of the tentacles. Default 9. --wiggliness ratio A measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in smoother flexing; larger numbers make it "crinkly". Default 0.35. --flexibility ratio Another measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in straighter tentacles; larger numbers result in more ex- treme curves. Default 0.35. --color color --stripe-color color --sucker-color color The colors of the various parts of the tentacle. Default green with a redish stripe. --slices int --segments int Larger numbers increase number of polygons in the object mesh. De- fault 32. --no-smooth Make the tentacles appear faceted instead of smooth. --fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. 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) 2008 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. X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) skytentacles(6)
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