vermiculate(6)

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

🪱 vermiculate(6) 🪱

okay so this is a page from the XScreenSaver manual, and today's main character is vermiculate — yes bestie, that's a real word, and it's giving "worm-core" in the best way 💅

✨ NAME ✨

vermiculate — to move in a worm-like manner. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🐛✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vermiculate [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
            [--root] [--window-id number] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

literally just draws squiggly worm-like paths. no cap, that's the entire thing — squiggles, worms, paths, slay 🪱🎀

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex, bestie, both work) of a specific visual. pick your fighter ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, congrats, you already got it 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window. main character energy, your whole desktop is the canvas 🌈
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you point, it squiggles 🫶
  • --fps — display the current frame rate and CPU load. numbers go brrr, very satisfying ngl 📊🔥

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. classic, iconic, does exactly what it says 💜
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. fancy override behavior, iykyk
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. lowkey important for the root window situation 🪟

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

X(1), xscreensaver(1) — go read those too, bestie, they're the supportive best friends of this page 💖

Copyright © 2002 by Tyler Pierce. 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 — it's the actual legal text, and the "as is" / "no warranty" bits are not a joke 🙈 keep it intact if you're passing this around.

💀 AUTHOR 💀

Tyler Pierce. legend behavior, honestly 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie — worms drawn, options listed, facts unbothered ✨ this was X Version 11, documented as 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) 🎀💜

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