rigrekt(6)

📦 version 6.15, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

💖 rigrekt(6) — from the XScreenSaver manual, bestie 💖

okay so picture this: you're poking around in xscreensaver land, and you stumble on rigrekt, which is a screen saver. yes, that's the whole vibe. exploring a flooded structure. that's it, that's the metaphor, and honestly? it ate.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rigrekt [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
        [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number] [--fps]

like, that's the whole invocation, no notes 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use, bestie. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. that's it. pick your fighter 💅
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. main character energy by accident 🌸
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. going full wallpaper mode, no cap.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 20000 (that's 0.02 seconds, for the people doing math in the group chat). lowkey the tempo knob ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. literally just vibes scaling, gorgeous.
  • --scale number — resolution. valid range is 0.1 - 1.0. default is 1.0. so you can go smol or go full send 🦋
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. yes it's a flex. yes you should turn it on at least once 🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. classic.
  • XENVIRONMENT — used to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. big words, but she knows what she's doing ✨
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. iykyk 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

X(1), xscreensaver(1), and https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3XKfDV — go click that last one, it's giving origin story 🧚

Copyright © 2025 by Matt Vianueva.

and here's the legal bit, verbatim energy, do not skip: 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 warranty line again. "as is." no promises. that's the whole deal 🙈

🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

Matt Vianueva <diatribes@gmail.com>.

okay that's the page!! 💖 this one's X Version 11, 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026 — like, put that in your calendar, it's iconic. mwah, go explore that flooded structure 🫶🎀

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