filmleader(6)

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

💖 filmleader(6) — the XScreenSaver manual 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is so good. it's a page from the XScreenSaver manual, and it's giving vintage TV main character energy fr fr 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

filmleader — a screen saver. that's it. that's the whole name. iconic, lowkey. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

filmleader [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--tv-color number] [--tv-tint number]
[--noise number] [--tv-brightness number] [--tv-contrast number] [--fps]

like, that's the whole vibe check right there. all the knobs, all the flags, no cap. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it actually do? it displays a looping countdown based on the SMPTE Universal Film leader, and it's playing on a simulation of an old analog television. 📺✨

the way that's literally a whole aesthetic. old-school film countdown on a crusty little TV. obsessed. 🫶

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • --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. 🎨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. ✨
  • --root — draw on the root window. going full desktop wallpaper mode. 🌈
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you pick the window, it draws there. 🪟
  • --tv-color number — Color Knob. range is 0 - 1000. default: 70. 🎛️
  • --tv-tint number — Tint Knob. range is 0 - 100. default: 5. 🍓
  • --noise number — Noise. range is 0.0 - 0.2. default: 0.04. that staticky crunch, immaculate. 📺
  • --tv-brightness number — Brightness Knob. range is 0 - 200. default: 150. 🔆
  • --tv-contrast number — Contrast Knob. range is 0 - 1500. default: 1000. ⚡
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. the little nerd stats, we love her. 📊

🧚 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) — go read those too bestie, iykyk. 📚💖

Copyright © 2018 by Jamie Zawinski. 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. 📜

okay real talk for a sec: that's the whole legal bit, word for word, and yeah it means what it says — free to use, but it comes with no warranty, express or implied. no cap. 🙈

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Jamie Zawinski. 💜

okay that's the whole page!! and for the cute sign-off: this one's from X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026, and it's filmleader(6) — go forth and count down, bestie 💅✨🦋🌸🫶

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