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twang(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		      twang(6)

NAME
       twang - pluck pieces of the screen

SYNOPSIS
       twang  [--display  host:display.screen]	[--foreground  color] [--back-
       ground color] [--window]	[--root] [--window-id number] [--mono]	[--in-
       stall] [--visual	visual]	[--shm]	[--no-shm] [--delay usecs] [--duration
       secs]  [--border-color  color] [--border-width integer] [--event-chance
       fraction] [--friction fraction] [--springiness  fraction]  [--tile-size
       integer]	[--transference	fraction] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       Twang  divides  the screen into equal-sized tiles, and then plucks them
       in various ways.	Tiles are affected by their neighbors, so waves	of mo-
       tion flow through the grid. This	manpage	describes v1.3 of the program.

OPTIONS
       twang 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
	       Which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name	 of  a	visual
	       class, or the id	number (decimal	or hex)	of a specific visual.

       --shm

       --no-shm
	       Use  the	 shared	 memory	 extension  (or	not, respectively), if
	       available.  This	may speed things up a bit, but probably	 won't
	       make  that much difference. If available, defaults to true, re-
	       source useSHM.

       --delay microseconds
	       The interframe delay, in	microseconds. Defaults to  10000,  re-
	       source delay.

       --duration seconds
	       How  long  to run before	loading	a new image.  Default 120 sec-
	       onds.

       --border-color color
	       Color of	the border surrounding each tile.  Defaults  to	 blue,
	       resource	borderColor.

       --border-width integer
	       Width  of  the border surrounding each tile. Defaults to	3, re-
	       source borderWidth.

       --event-chance fraction
	       The chance, per iteration, for  an  event  to  occur  (such  as
	       tweaking	 the  orientation  of  a tile),	in the range 0..1. De-
	       faults to 0.01, resource	eventChance.

       --friction fraction
	       How much	friction there is in the system, in  the  range	 0..1.
	       This  is	 the  amount by	which velocities are damped per	itera-
	       tion.  Defaults to 0.05,	resource friction.

       --springiness fraction
	       How springy the tiles are, in the  range	 0..1.	 This  is  the
	       fraction	of an orientation that gets turned into	a velocity to-
	       wards  the  center  (resting  point). Defaults to 0.1, resource
	       springiness.

       --tile-size integer
	       Size (width and height) of each tile, not including  the	 outer
	       edge of the border. Defaults to 120, resource tileSize.

       --transference fraction
	       How much	a tile's neighbors affect it, in the range 0..1.  This
	       is  the	fraction  of  an  orientation  of a neighbor that gets
	       turned into a velocity in the same direction Defaults to	0.025,
	       resource	transference.

       --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.

X RESOURCES
       There are resource equivalents for each option, noted above.

BUGS
       twang should have more interesting events.

       Ways of speeding	it up need to be investigated. It's kinda sluggish,
	       especially on hugeass displays.

SEE ALSO
       xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002 by Dan Bornstein. All	rights reserved.

       Permission to use, copy,	modify,	distribute, and	sell this software and
       its  documentation  for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, 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. No representations are made about	the  suitabil-
       ity  of	this  software for any purpose.	It is provided "as is" without
       express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com>.

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

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