HELIOS(1)

💫 helios — Really Sli...creenSavers(1), General Commands Manual 💫

okay bestie, buckle up, because this one is unhinged in the best way possible. we're in section 1 of the manual, under the Really Sli...creenSavers(1) family, and it's giving pure chaos particle energy. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

helios — attraction/repulsion particle effects and some smooth surfaces. yes that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

helios [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M
number] [--ions/-i number] [--size/-s number] [--emitters/-e number]
[--attracters/-a number] [--speed/-S number] [--cameraspeed/-c number]
[--surface/-u] [--no-surface/-U] [--blur/-b number] [--wireframe/-w]
[--no-wireframe/-W]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Straight from Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com), and I am quoting this, no cap:

"Throw together some attraction/repulsion particle effects and some smooth surfaces and this is what you get. It's pretty insane >=)"

like. they said it. it's insane. it's canon. 🔥

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali. king behavior honestly 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --root, -r — Draw on the root window. main character energy, no window frame needed ✨
• --maxfps, -x number — Set maximum frame rate. sets your ceiling, bestie
• --vsync, -y number — Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. Range is 0 - 100. Default: 1
• --dpms, -M number — Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. Range is 0 - 1. Default: 1 (so yes, it naps when your screen does 😴)
• --ions, -i number — Number of ions. Range is 0 - 30000. Default: 1500
• --size, -s number — Ion size. Range is 1 - 100. Default: 10
• --emitters, -e number — Number of emitters. Range is 1 - 10. Default: 3
• --attracters, -a number — Number of attracters. Range is 1 - 10. Default: 3
• --speed, -S number — Animation speed. Range is 1 - 100. Default: 10
• --cameraspeed, -c number — Camera speed. Range is 0 - 100. Default: 10
• --surface, -u — Helios Surfaces. Default: True
• --blur, -b number — Motion Blur. Range is 0 - 100. Default: 10
• --wireframe, -w — Wireframe surfaces. Default: False

heads up 🫶 — the synopsis also lists --no-surface (-U) and --no-wireframe (-W). the original page puts them in the synopsis and then... doesn't describe them in the options list. so that's literally all the info we get. no cap, no extra lore, don't let anyone make some up for you 🙈

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. yep, that's the whole list. iconic minimalism 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• X(1),

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Helios 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.

Helios 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.

bestie read that again — no warranty, fr fr. it's free software, not a promise. 😭

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came to you from X Version 11 of the Really Sli...creenSavers(1) manual — mwah, slay, go make some ions go feral 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶🔥👑🌈⭐💀🍓🧚