morph3d(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
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✨ morph3d(6) ✨

okay so real quick — this is a page from the XScreenSaver manual, and we are about to get into morph3d. buckle up bestie 💖

💫 NAME 💫

morph3d — 3d morphing objects. that's it, that's the vibe. shapes that ✨change✨.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

morph3d [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--count number] [--delay number] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

another 3d shape-changing GL hack, no cap. it's got that same shiny-plastic feel as Superquadrics — which, like, honestly? a lot of computer-generated objects do. it's giving "glossy toy from 2002 and we love her for it" 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex, she's flexible 💅) of a specific visual.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so like, you don't even have to ask 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you pick, queen 👑
  • --count number — range is 0 - 20. default: 0.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default: 40000 (that's 0.04 seconds, iykyk).
  • --fps — displays the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. stats girlies rise 🙈

🧚 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)

Copyright © 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. 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 one carefully — "as is", no warranty, no promises. it's iconic but it is not gonna hold your hand 💀

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Marcelo Vianna.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 X Version 11, 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026 — go forth and morph some 3d objects, periodt 💜

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