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galaxy(6)		       XScreenSaver manual		       galaxy(6)

NAME
     galaxy - draws spinning galaxies

SYNOPSIS
     galaxy  [--display  host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background
     color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install]  [--vi-
     sual  visual] [--ncolors integer] [--delay microseconds] [--cycles integer]
     [--count  integer]  [--size  integer]  [--tracks]	[--no-tracks]	[--spin]
     [--no-spin]

     [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
     The galaxy program draws spinning galaxies.

OPTIONS
     galaxy 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.

     --ncolors integer
	     How  many	colors	should	be used (if possible).	Default 64.  The
	     colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the  color
	     wheel.

     --cycles integer

     --count integer

     --size integer

     --tracks

     --no-tracks

     --spin

     --no-spin

     --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) 1994 by Hubert Feyrer.

     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
     Original Amiga version by Uli Siegmund <uli@wombat.okapi.sub.org>
      for EGS in Cluster.

     Ported from Cluster/EGS to C/Intuition by Harald Backert.

     Ported to X11 and xlockmore by Hubert Feyrer  <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regens-
     burg.de>, 30-Sep-94.

     Modified by David Bagley <bagleyd@bigfoot.com>, 23-Oct-94.

     Modified by Dave Mitchell <davem@magnet.com>, 7-Apr-97.

     Ability  to  run  standalone  or  with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
     <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

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

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