FLOCKS(1)

🌈 FLOCKS(1) — floating wisps 💫

okay bestie, this one is from the Really Sli...creenSavers(1) manual, filed under General Commands Manual, and it is literally the cutest little 3D screensaver port you're ever gonna run. sit down, grab a strawberry, we're doing this 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

flocks — floating wisps.

that's it. that's the whole name. floating. wisps. 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

flocks [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M
number] [--preset/-p number] [--leaders/-l number] [--followers/-f
number] [--geometry/-g] [--no-geometry/-G] [--size/-i number]
[--complexity/-o number] [--speed/-s number] [--stretch/-S number]
[--colorfadespeed/-O number] [--chromatek/-k] [--no-chromatek/-K]
[--connections/-c] [--no-connections/-C] [--traillength/-t number]
[--blur/-b number]

like yes, that's a lot of flags. we're gonna get through all of them together, no cap 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

from Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com), and I'm quoting here because it's iconic:

"Here's a 3D variation on a favorite old theme. Try it out with Chromatek's ChromaDepth glasses for a cool 3D effect."

the way that he knew. and ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali. king behavior, honestly 👑

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single one, in order, fr fr:

• --root / -r — draw on the root window. main character energy, covering the whole desktop 🖥️
• --maxfps number / -x number — set the maximum frame rate.
• --vsync number / -y number — limit redraws to the specified number of vertical refreshes. range is 0 - 100. default: 1.
• --dpms number / -M number — stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. range is 0 - 1. default: 1.
• --preset number / -p number — pick a vibe from the preset menu:
  1. 1 - Regular (--regular)
  2. 2 - Trails (--trails)
  3. 3 - Blurred Trails (--blurt)
  4. 4 - Blurred Connections (--blurc)

⚠️ heads up: presets override all options that come before it on the command line. order matters, bestie!! range is 1 - 4. default: 1.

• --leaders number / -l number — number of leaders. range is 1 - 100. default: 4.
• --followers number / -f number — number of followers. range is 0 - 10000. default: 400.
• --geometry / -g — draw blobs instead of dots. default: True.
• --no-geometry / -G — the off switch for the blobs-vs-dots thing above.
• --size number / -i number — Bug size. range is 1 - 100. default: 10.
• --complexity number / -o number — blob complexity. range is 1 - 10. default: 1.
• --speed number / -s number — speed. range is 1 - 100. default: 15.
• --stretch number / -S number — stretch. range is 0 - 100. default: 20.
• --colorfadespeed number / -O number — color fade speed. range is 0 - 100. default: 15.
• --chromatek / -k — ChromaDepth glasses mode. default: False. 🕶️
• --no-chromatek / -K — turn the ChromaDepth glasses mode back off.
• --connections / -c — show connections. default: False.
• --no-connections / -C — hide those connections again.
• --traillength number / -t number — trail length. range is 0 - 250. default: 0.
• --blur number / -b number — motion blur. range is 0 - 100. default: 0.

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🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

• DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number.

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• X(1),

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🧚 COPYRIGHT 🧚

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Flocks is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Flocks is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

not me being legally required to say that but also meaning it 😭 read the GPL bestie, it's good for you

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>

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and that's the whole thing!! this page came to you from the Really Sli...creenSavers(1) manual, X Version 11, and yeah — that footer is the same really-slick name again, because it's that girl. slay, go run flocks, and don't forget to put on your ChromaDepth glasses 💅✨🎀