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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  com-
       puter  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  sec-
	       onds).

       --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
	       resources 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  pur-
       pose  is	 hereby	granted	without	fee, provided that the above copyright
       notice appear in	all copies and that both  that	copyright  notice  and
       this  permission	 notice	appear in supporting documentation.  No	repre-
       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur-
       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or	implied	warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski.

X Version 11		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		     gibson(6)

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