highvoltage(6)

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

💅 highvoltage — a screensaver that's literally just vibes and electricity

okay so bestie, welcome to highvoltage(6), aka the XScreenSaver manual page for the one that's all about high voltage transmission towers. Yes, those big metal ones. No, I'm not kidding, and yes it's iconic. 🗼⚡

✨ NAME ✨

highvoltage — high voltage transmission towers. That's it, that's the whole thing. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

highvoltage [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--spacing number] [--count
number]

copy it exactly like that, bestie, don't come for me about the line wrapping 💀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It's a leisurely flight past some high voltage transmission towers. That's the whole mood — you're just gliding along, chilling, looking at pylons. And then: smell the ozone! no cap, that's what the manpage says. Immaculate energy. 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — picks 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 — draws on a newly-created window. This is the default, so it's kind of the main character. ✨
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. different vibe, same towers.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (that's 0.03 seconds, for the people keeping score 🧮).
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. simple math, slay. 🏃‍♀️
  • --spacing number — spacing between towers. 2.0 means twice as far, 0.5 means half as far. 🛣️
  • --count number — number of towers rendered. 1 - 40. Default: 7. seven towers, seven vibes. 🌈

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. the classic.
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. (yes it's a whole thing, just go with it 💜)
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. 🪟

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

X(1), xscreensaver(1) — go read those too, bestie, they're the supporting cast. 🫶

Copyright © 2024 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. (fr fr, read that part. no promises, no drama. 💀)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Jamie Zawinski. legend behaviour, honestly. 🙈

and that's the whole page!! written under X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026 — go smell some ozone for me, bestie 💖⚡

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