truchet(6)

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

💖 NAME 💖

truchet — draws curved or angular Truchet patterns (yes bestie, it's the truchet page from the XScreenSaver manual, we're doing this) ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

truchet [--display host:display.screen]  [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--delay milliseconds] [--min-width
integer] [--min-height integer] [--max-width integer] [--max-height
integer] [--max-linewidth integer] [--min-linewidth integer] [--erase]
[--no-erase] [--erase-count integer] [--square] [--not-square]
[--curves] [--no-curves] [--angle] [--no-angles] [--scroll]
[--scroll-overlap integer] [--anim-delay integer] [--anim-step-size
integer]

[--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the truchet program draws arc and line based Truchet patterns. That's it, that's the whole vibe — it's giving "hypnotic tiled wallpaper that lives rent free in your head" 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

truchet accepts the following options:

  • --window — Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default, so if you do literally nothing, this is what happens 🫶
  • --root — Draw on the root window.
  • --window-id number — Draw on the specified window. You gotta tell it which one, bestie.
  • --mono — If you're on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. Delulu? Maybe. Iconic? Absolutely.
  • --install — Install a private colormap for the window.
  • --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. No cap, those are the only legal moves.
  • --delay milliseconds — How long to wait between drawing each screenful. Default is 1 seconds.
  • --min-width integer — The minimum width in pixels of each square. Default is 40.
  • --min-height integer — The minimum height in pixels of each square. Default is 40.
  • --max-width integer — The maximum width in pixels of each square. Default is 150.
  • --max-height integer — The maximum height in pixels of each square. Default is 150.
  • --max-linewidth integer — The maximum width of the lines used to draw. Default is 25.
  • --min-linewidth integer — The minimum width of the lines used to draw. Default is 2.
  • --erase, --no-erase — Whether to clear the screen after each screenful is drawn. Default is True (erase). Lowkey the tidy-girl option 🌸
  • --erase-count integer — The number of screenfuls to draw before erasing. Default is 25.
  • --square, --not-square — Whether to force the tiles to be square. Default is True (square). Squares are the moment, fr fr.
  • --curves, --no-curves — Whether to draw the arc based Truchet pattern. Default is True (curves). Curvy era 🎀
  • --angles, --no-angles — Whether or not to draw the line based Truchet pattern. Default is True (angles) 📐
  • --scroll — Use the scroll mode. Default is False.
  • --scroll-overlap — The amount to scroll from one side to another. Default is 400.
  • --anim-delay — The time to pause between each animation step. Default is 100.
  • --anim-step-size — The amount of steps to skip between each animation step. Default is 3.
  • --fps — Display the current frame rate and CPU load. Main character diagnostics, honestly 👑

🌈 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 🔥

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 1998 by Adrian Likins.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

bestie that's the whole legal paragraph, do not skip it, it's literally the rules 🙈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Adrian Likins, 1998.

Okay so that's the whole page, you ate that 💅✨ — this was X Version 11, version 6.15 (30-Mar-2026), and the page is truchet(6). Now go draw some tiles, mwah 🫶🎀

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