rubik(6)

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

okay so real talk, this is rubik(6) from the XScreenSaver manual, and it is literally the most soothing screensaver concept ever invented, so let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

rubik — a screen saver that solves Rubik's Cube. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it shuffles, it solves, it heals you. 🧩💫

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

rubik [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--count number] [--cycles number]
[--delay number] [--size number] [--hideshuffling] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It draws a Rubik's Cube. and not just any cube — this one rotates in three dimensions and then, iconically, repeatedly shuffles and solves itself. forever. no cap. it never gets bored, it never messes up the last layer, and it never rage-quits and throws itself across the room. main character energy fr fr. 😭✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay bestie, here's the full menu, no skips, no cuts:

  • --visual visual — picks 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 — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is what you get. 🫶
  • --root — draws on the root window instead.
  • --window-id number — draws on the exact window you specify. targeted. precise. obsessed. 🎯
  • --count number — Count. range is -100 – 100. Default: -30.
  • --cycles number — Timeout. range is 0 – 60. Default: 5.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 40000 (that's 0.04 seconds, for the record 📝).
  • --size number — Size. range is -20 – 20. Default: -6.
  • --hideshuffling | --no-hideshuffling — Show Shuffling. Boolean. so you either watch the messy part or you don't. your call, it's giving ✨mystery✨ vs ✨transparency✨.
  • --fps — displays the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. ngl this is the nerdy little stats overlay and it's lowkey my favorite. 📊🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

the environment variables it cares about, in order:

  • 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 👑

go read those too, iykyk 🫶

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.

(translation: it's free to use, just keep the copyright notice, and there's no warranty — it's provided "as is", so if your cube explodes that's on you, not on anybody else 💀)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Marcelo Vianna.

🧚 and that's the whole page, bestie — this beauty is X Version 11, 6.15 (30-Mar-2026), filed under rubik(6). slay, go solve a cube. 💜🎀

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