driftclouds(6)

📦 version 6.15, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

💭 driftclouds 💭

okay bestie, this is driftclouds(6) from the XScreenSaver manual — clouds, little fluffy clouds, and that's the whole assignment. ☁️✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

driftclouds — little fluffy clouds.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

driftclouds [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
            [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Clouds. Little fluffy clouds. Literally that's it, no cap — it's giving "look at the sky and vibe." 💭

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --visual visual — tell it which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. Pick your fave, bestie. ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. 🌈
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds). ⏳
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • --scale number — resolution. 0.1 - 1.0. Default: 1.0. 🔍
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. 📊

🌿 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 🔗

Copyright © 2016 by drift. Anyone and everyone who wishes to use this shader I give my permission to use it in any way that you choose. Credit would be nice but I won't insist on it. 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

drift.

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was driftclouds(6) from the XScreenSaver manual — X Version 11, 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026. bye! 💜✨

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