stairs(6)

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

✨ stairs(6) ✨

okay bestie, gather round — this is the manual page for stairs, straight out of the XScreenSaver manual, and it is literally art 💖

🌈 NAME 🌈

stairs — Escher's infinite staircase. yeah. that one. the one that broke your brain in art class 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

stairs [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This draws an "infinite" staircase. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you're welcome, no cap ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use, bestie. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. so like, a name or a number, your call 👑
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing at all, this is what you get. main character energy 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. going full desktop-background mode 🌸
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you pick the window, it draws there. simple as that 🎯
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 20000 (0.02 seconds.). yes microseconds, she's precise 💀
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode, lowkey iconic 🦴
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. numbers go brrr, obsessed 📊

🧚 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. fancy override business, iykyk 📄
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. 🔑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

go read those too, they're the extended universe 🫶

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 giving legal realness 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Marcelo Vianna. legend. we stan 🌟

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this little masterpiece ships as X Version 11, version 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) — mwah, go stare at an infinite staircase, you've earned it 💜

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