lockward(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
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💖 lockward(6) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the XScreenSaver manual page for lockward(6) — rotating spinning color-cycling things, and yes it’s giving main character energy. 🎡✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

lockward — Rotating spinning color-cycling things 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole call looks like this, and I’m keeping it exact, no cap:

lockward [--display displayspec] [--root] [--window-id number]
       [--window] [--visual arg] [--window-id arg] [--delay usec] [--pair]
       [--fps] [--blink | --no-blink] [--rotateidle-min msec] [--rotateidle-max
       msec] [--blinkidle-min msec] [--blinkidle-max msec] [--blinkdwell-min
       msec] [--blinkdwell-max msec]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so lockward draws a spinning, rotating set of notched wheels overlaid with some flashing effects, using OpenGL. it’s literally a sort of cross between the wards in a combination lock and those old information displays that animated via polarized light. iconic honestly. 🎀🔥

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here’s the whole flag menu, bestie — every one, no skipping:

  • --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. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. 🌱
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. 🪟✨
  • --delay microseconds — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (50 frames/sec). ⏱️
  • --blink | --no-blink — enables/disables the blinking effects. Default: Enabled. 💡
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. 📊
  • --rotateidle-min milliseconds — the minimum time each spinner will sit idle, in milliseconds. 🌀
  • --rotateidle-max milliseconds — the maximum time each spinner will sit idle, in milliseconds. Defaults: Min 1000, max 6000. 🌀
  • --blinkidle-min milliseconds — the minimum time between blinking effects, in milliseconds. ✨
  • --blinkidle-max milliseconds — the maximum time between blinking effects, in milliseconds. Defaults: Min 1000, max 9000. ✨
  • --blinkdwell-min milliseconds — the minimum dwell time for the blinking effects, in milliseconds. this affects how quickly the blinks actually happen. 💫
  • --blinkdwell-max milliseconds — the maximum dwell time for the blinking effects, in milliseconds. this affects how quickly the blinks actually happen. Defaults: Min 100, max 600. 💫
tiny note, bestie: the synopsis also has --display displayspec and --pair, and the original page doesn’t give them their own OPTIONS blurbs — so I’m not inventing anything, periodt. 🫶

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — Default host and display number. 🖥️
  • XENVIRONMENT — 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 peek at these too, iykyk:

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@best.com> 💜

that’s the whole page, bestie! source/version/date vibes: X Version 11, 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026 — lockward(6), signing off. 🫶💖

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