atlantis(6)

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

✨ atlantis(6) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the XScreenSaver manual, and specifically to atlantis — the one where fish just vibe. 🐋🦈🐬

🌊 NAME 🌊

atlantis — draw swimming sharks, whales, and dolphins. yes really. that's the whole pitch. iconic.

🫧 SYNOPSIS 🫧

atlantis [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--whalespeed number] [--delay number]
[--size number] [--count number] [--no-texture] [--gradient]
[--wireframe] [--fps]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically this is xfishtank but writ large — like, GL animation large. it's a whole 3D situation with a bunch of sharks, dolphins, and whales swimming around. and the way that the swimming motions look? genuinely great. no notes. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex, she's flexible 💅) of a specific visual.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so like, it's the main character. ✨
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. going full background mode. 🖼️
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you pick, bestie.
  • --whalespeed number — whale speed. range is 0 - 1000. default is 250. 🐳💨
  • --cycles number — shark speed. default is 100. 🦈🔥
  • --size number — shark proximity. range is 100 - 10000. default is 6000. (big number = they're like, right there. 😭)
  • --count number — number of sharks. range is 0 - 20. default is 4. 🦈🦈🦈🦈
  • --texture | --no-texture — whether to show shimmering water. sparkly. ✨
  • --gradient — whether to draw a gradient on the background, which makes it darker at the bottom. moody. 🦋
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. very y2k of her. 💀
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. numbers! stats! 👑

🌸 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 © 2002 by Mark Kilgard. 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.

ngl the "as is" part is lowkey doing a lot of heavy lifting there — no warranty, fr fr. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Mark Kilgard.

and that's the whole thing, bestie 🫶 this is X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026, and honestly? she ate. 💅⭐🍓

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