fireworkx(6)

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🎆 fireworkx(6) — the XScreenSaver manual, but make it cute 🎆

okok so this is a page from the XScreenSaver manual bestie, and it's all about fireworkx. grab a snack, we're doing pyrotechnics 💥

✨ NAME ✨

fireworkx — pyrotechnic explosions eye-candy. literally just pretty boom-booms for your eyeballs 🎇

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fireworkx [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--verbose] [--noflash] [--shoot] [--delay
number] [--maxlife number] [--fps]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Animates explosions. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💥✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use, queen. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of one specific visual. iykyk 🎀
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, so it's giving main character energy by default. 🪟
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. 🌍
  • --window-id number — draws on the window you specify. pick your fave 💅
  • --noflash — turns off the light flash effect. also runs faster, so it's a win-win bestie ⚡🙈
  • --shoot — fires shells up using a mortar. we love a launch sequence 🚀
  • --delay number — the delay between frames, measured in microseconds. default is: 10000 ⏱️
  • --maxlife number — the maximum decay period for an explosion. range: 0-100 🌸
  • --verbose — "for scientific research purposes only..!" 😭 that's a direct quote, i'm not even joking
  • --fps — displays the current frame rate and CPU load. numbers go brrr 📊

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. 🖥️
  • XENVIRONMENT — used 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 if you're obsessed with us 🫶

Copyright © 1999-2013 by Rony B Chandran. 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.

fr fr pls keep the copyright notice in your copies, it's the literal bare minimum 💜

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Written by Rony B Chandran <ronybc@gmail.com> https://www.ronybc.com/ 👑

Additional programming and support:

  • Rugmini R Chandran <rugmini@ronybc.com>
  • Renuka S <renuka@ronybc.com>
  • Jean-Pierre Demailly <Jean-Pierre.Demailly@ujf-grenoble.fr>
  • Nicholas Miell <nmiell@gmail.com>

okay that's the whole thing bestie, go make some explosions 🌈💥 this was page fireworkx(6) from X Version 11, version 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) — mwah, love u, bye 🧚💖

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