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] [--subdelay 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 hol- low 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 iterations. 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 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) 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> 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 notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre- sentations 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 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) xspirograph(6)
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