nakagin(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
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💖 nakagin — the XScreenSaver manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the XScreenSaver manual (nakagin(6)) and it's honestly iconic. it's all about the Nakagin Capsule Tower screensaver, and I'm obsessed. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

nakagin — the Nakagin Capsule Tower screen saver. that's it, that's the vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nakagin [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--no-
spin] [--wander] [--no-tilt] [--wireframe] [--fps]

yeah it's a lot of flags, don't panic, we're gonna go through every single one 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the Nakagin Capsule Tower got demolished in 2022 😭 but this version? it keeps growing forever. literally forever. no cap.

so here's the lore 🧚 — it was constructed in 1972, and the building was made of small prefabricated rooms attached to the two central towers. the capsules were intended to be mass produced and replaceable. and the utilities and fittings were installed before the capsules were shipped to the site. it's giving flat-pack icon realness ✨

🌸 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. slay.
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, bestie.
  • --root — draws on the root window instead.
  • --window-id number — draws on the window you specify. you pick, king 👑
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 30000 (that's 0.03 seconds, fyi).
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. do the math, it ate 💀
  • --spin | --no-spin — whether the building should slowly rotate. spinning building rotation arc, we love to see it.
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the building should wander around the screen. it's got main character energy fr fr.
  • --tilt | --no-tilt — whether the observer should look up and down.
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. lowkey the wireframe look is so good.
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. nerds, this one's for you 🫶

🌈 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 🦋

Copyright © 2022 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. so like, don't come for them if it breaks, okay? 🙈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Jamie Zawinski. legend behaviour, honestly.

okay that's the whole page! and for the cute sign-off — this is X Version 11, page 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026 🎀 that's the footer info, now you know. bye bestie, go spin a building 💖

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