gibson(6) XScreenSaver manual gibson(6) NAME gibson - Hacking the Gibson screen saver. SYNOPSIS gibson [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--grid- width number] [--grid-depth number] [--grid-height number] [--grid-spacing number] [--columns number] [--no-texture] [--wireframe] [--fps] DESCRIPTION Hacking the Gibson, as per the 1995 classic film, HACKERS. "Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials for their own ends. These people, they are terrorists." 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 number Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds). --speed number Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. --grid-width number Number of towers across. 1 - 20. Default: 10. --grid-depth number Number of towers deep. 1 - 20. Default: 10. --grid-height number Height of the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 7. --grid-spacing number Space between towers. 1 - 5. Default: 2.0. --columns number Columns of text on the towers. 1 - 20. Default: 6. --texture | --no-texture Whether to draw text. Default true. --wireframe | --no-wireframe Render in wireframe instead of solid. --fps | --no-fps Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. 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) 2020 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) gibson(6)
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