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xspirograph(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		xspirograph(6)

NAME
       xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular	rim

SYNOPSIS
       xspirograph [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--win-
       dow-id number][--install] [--visual visual] [--delay seconds] [--subde-
       lay  useconds]  [--layers  integer] [--alwaysfinish] [--noalwaysfinish]
       [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       xspirograph draws patterns such as those	made by	a spirograph, that is,
       the curve traced	by a point on a	circular disk rotating on  the	inside
       of a hollow circular rim.

OPTIONS
       xspirograph 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.

       --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.

       --delay secs
	       The delay between finishing one draw and	starting the next. De-
	       fault: 5	seconds.

       --subdelay usec
	       The time	to delay between each hundred line draws.  Use this if
	       you want	to see the pattern form.  Default: 0.

       --alwaysfinish --noalwaysfinish
	       If  you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the
	       first.  Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of	itera-
	       tions.  Default:	no.

       --layers	integer
	       Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each	erase.

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) 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com>  Permission
       to  use,	copy, modify, distribute, and sell this	software and its docu-
       mentation 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 notice appear in supporting	 docu-
       mentation.   No	representations	are made about the suitability of this
       software	for any	purpose.  It is	provided "as is"  without  express  or
       implied warranty.

       Modified	by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu>	Dec 2001.

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

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