anemone(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 anemone(6) — XScreenSaver manual 🌸

ok so bestie, we're talking about anemone from the XScreenSaver manual, and honestly? it's giving underwater icon energy. wiggling tentacles. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

anemone — wiggling tentacles. that's it. that's the name. slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

anemone [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--arms number]
[--finpoints number] [--width number] [--fps]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Wiggling tentacles. periodt.

like, genuinely, that's the entire description in the original and we're not gonna pretend otherwise. it wiggles. it has tentacles. it's iconic. 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

ok here's where it gets juicy. every single flag, no cap:

  • --visual visual — picks which visual you want to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. iykyk. ✨
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, bestie, so if you do nothing you get this. 🫶
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. main character energy.
  • --window-id number — draws on the specified window. you point, it draws. 📍
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 40000 (that's 0.04 seconds. — yes, with the period, we keep it exact). ⏱️
  • --arms number — arms, babes. 2 - 500. default: 128. 🦑
  • --finpoints number — tentacles. 3 - 200. default: 64. the more points, the more wiggle. 💀
  • --withdraw number — how often the arms withdraw. arms withdraw on randomly generated values between 1 and 11; this value determines the maximum value of that range. so 100 spends a lot of time withdrawn, while 1000,000 tends not to withdraw at all. default: 1200. (yes 1000,000 is written exactly like that, we don't fix things here, we respect the source 🙈)
  • --turnspeed number — how fast it turns. at zero, not at all; all the way up to thousands which are very fast indeed. default: 50. 🌀
  • --width number — thickness. 1 - 10. default: 2. skinny legend behavior. 🎀
  • --fps — displays the current frame rate and CPU load. ngl this is the one you flip on when you wanna feel like a hacker. 🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. classic.
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. fancy. 👑
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. lowkey important if you're doing the root-window thing.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

X(1), xscreensaver(1) — go read those too, bestie, they're the whole ecosystem. 🌸

Copyright © 2002 by Gabriel Finch. 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 representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

real talk: that's the whole legal bit, kept intact, because you don't mess with the license, bestie. "as is", no warranty, no vibe-check exceptions. 💀

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Gabriel Finch. icon. 👑

and that's the tea 🍓 — this page came from X Version 11, 6.15 (30-Mar-2026). date-stamped, versioned, and gorgeous. mwah 💋✨

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