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galaxy(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		     galaxy(6)

NAME
       galaxy -	draws spinning galaxies

SYNOPSIS
       galaxy  [--display  host:display.screen]	 [--foreground color] [--back-
       ground color] [--window]	[--root] [--window-id  number][--mono]	[--in-
       stall]  [--visual  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
	       resources 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
       documentation for any purpose and without fee is	hereby	granted,  pro-
       vided  that  the	 above	copyright notice appear	in all copies and that
       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup-
       porting 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-re-
       gensburg.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		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		     galaxy(6)

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