tangram(6)

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

🧩 tangram(6) — XScreenSaver manual 🧩

💖 NAME 💖

tangram — watch the computer solve tangram puzzles. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay bestie, run it like this:

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

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so tangram is literally this program that uses a few basic shapes to build silhouettes of recognizable objects. you just watch the computer solve tangram puzzles, and it’s giving iconic puzzle-solving main character energy fr fr. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

tangram accepts the following options — yes, all of them, no skipping:

  • --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. 👀
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. 🌱
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. 🆔
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.). ⏳
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. 🕸️
  • --viewing_time number — specify the length of time, in seconds, that the finished puzzle should be displayed. Default: 5. 👑
  • --rotate | --no-rotate — rotate the camera around the puzzle. 🔄
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. 📈

🦋 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 peek at X(1) and xscreensaver(1) — they’re the references, bestie. 🔗

legal bestie moment 🎀 — here’s the actual copyright and permission text, preserved exactly because lawyers are not a vibe to paraphrase:

Copyright © 2005 by Jeremy English. 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.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jeremy English <jhe@jeremyenglish.org> — iconic, periodt. 🫶

mwah 💋 — X Version 11, 6.15 (30-Mar-2026), tangram(6). slay and goodbye, bestie. 🌈✨

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