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swirl(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		      swirl(6)

NAME
       swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns

SYNOPSIS
       swirl  [--display  host:display.screen]	[--foreground  color] [--back-
       ground color] [--window]	[--root] [--window-id  number][--mono]	[--in-
       stall]  [--visual  visual]  [--ncolors  integer]	[--delay microseconds]
       [--count	integer]

       [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The swirl program draws swirly color-cycling patterns.

OPTIONS
       swirl 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 200.

       --count integer

       --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 M. Dobie.

       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
       M.Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 1994.

       Ability	to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by	Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-May-97.

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

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