spheremonics(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to spheremonics(6) from the XScreenSaver manual — it’s giving 3d spherical harmonic shapes and main character energy. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

spheremonics — 3d spherical harmonic shapes.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

spheremonics [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--duration
number] [--resolution number] [--wander] [--no-spin] [--spin [XYZ]]
[--wireframe] [--no-smooth] [--no-grid] [--bbox] [--fps]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so these closed objects are commonly called spherical harmonics, but lowkey they’re only remotely related to the mathematical definition found in the solution to certain wave functions — most notable the eigenfunctions of angular momentum operators. no cap, that’s the whole lore. 🌀💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --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. slay. 🎀
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. This is the default, bestie.
  • --root — draw on the root window.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds.). yes, microseconds, she’s precise. ⏱️
  • --duration number — duration. 5 - 1000. Default: 100.
  • --resolution number — resolution. 5 - 100. Default: 64.
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the object should wander around the screen. vibe check for wandering. 🦋
  • --spin [XYZ] — around which axes should the object spin? the XYZ moment is right there in the brackets, iykyk.
  • --no-spin — don’t spin. periodt. 💅
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid.
  • --smooth | --no-smooth — smoothed lines. Boolean. yep, just a boolean.
  • --grid | --no-grid — draw grid. Boolean.
  • --bbox | --no-bbox — draw bounding box. Boolean.
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. performance 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 🔥

go see X(1) and xscreensaver(1) too, bestie. 💖

Copyright © 2002 by Paul Bourke and Jamie Zawinski.

okay so legally: 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. that’s the whole legal vibe. ⚖️

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Bourke and Jamie Zawinski. icons. 👑✨

okay that’s the whole page — source/version X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026. periodt. 💖🎀🦋

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