cubicgrid(6)

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

💅 cubicgrid(6) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the XScreenSaver manual page for cubicgrid, and no cap, this one is lowkey mesmerizing. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

cubicgrid — rotating 3D lattice seen from inside. That's the whole vibe: you're peeking at a spinning lattice from within. 💖

🌀 SYNOPSIS 🌀

cubicgrid [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
          [--root] [--window-id number] [--install] [--delay microseconds]
          [--mono] [--speed number] [--zoom number] [--ticks number] [--bigdots]
          [--fps] [--symmetry crystalographic symmetry]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So this program shows the view of an observer located inside a set of points arranged to a 3D lattice. As the lattice rotates, various view-throughs appear and evolve. A simple idea with interesting results — literally iconic. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

cubicgrid accepts the following options, and yes, we're going through every single one:

  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. This is the default, bestie.
  • --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 microseconds — how long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02 second.
  • --mono — draw in black and white. If not used, a fixed all-color scheme is chosen.
  • --speed number — the maximum speed of the rotation. The actual speed and axis change smoothly for better effect. 0.5 - 10. The default is 1.0.
  • --zoom number — size of the lattice. Ideally it should fill all the screen, but one may find other values also interesting. 5 - 50. The default of 20 should do for common screen aspect ratios.
  • --ticks number — the count of points drawn along every axis. 10 - 100. The default is 30.
  • --bigdots — draw the points twice as big.
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
  • --symmetry Symmetry — which crystalographic symmetry system to use. One of "auto", "cubic", or "hexagonal". "auto" will randomly select between symmetry systems.

🌈 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 🫶

Go check out X(1), xscreensaver(1). iykyk. ✨

okay, legal time, fr fr: Copyright © 2007 by Vasek Potocek. 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.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This iconic human is Vasek Potocek <vasek.potocek@post.cz>, and the date is Dec-28-07.

that's the whole page, bestie — X Version 11, 6.15 (30-Mar-2026), cubicgrid(6), mwah 💋

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