wander(6)

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

💫 wander(6) — the XScreenSaver manual, bestie edition 💫

okay so this is wander, and it lives in the XScreenSaver manual (section 6, screensaver territory, you know the vibe). it's a screensaver module and it is genuinely so cute, let me tell you everything 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

wander — colorful random-walk. that's it. that's the whole thing. a little guy wandering around your screen in colors 🌈

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wander [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root] [--window-id number] [--density number] [--reset number]
       [--length number] [--delay number] [--circles] [--size number]
       [--advance number] [--fps]

like, that's the whole guest list for the party 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

draws a colorful random-walk, in various forms. literally it. a walk. random. colorful. in various forms. iconic behavior, no notes, it ate 🔥

💖 OPTIONS 💖

okay bestie, here's the menu, read it carefully, every single one matters 🫶

  • --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. yes, decimal or hex, she's flexible ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so it's what happens if you just... don't say anything. main character energy 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window. you know, the big one, the whole background vibe 🌌
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you point, it draws there. very demure, very mindful 🎀
  • --density number — Density. range is 1 - 30. Default: 2. so it defaults to lowkey-chill and you can crank it up to full chaos 💀
  • --reset number — number of frames before resetting. Default: 2500000. that's 2.5 million, bestie, she's in it for the long haul 😭
  • --length number — number of iterations. Default: 25000. twenty-five thousand little steps of destiny 🦋
  • --delay number — Sustain. range is 0 - 60. Default: 1. 🌸
  • --circles | --no-circles — whether to draw spots. that's it. spots or no spots. choose your fighter 💅
  • --size number — Size. range is 0 - 100. Default: 1. tiny little guy by default, but the range goes all the way to 100 so go off 🎀
  • --advance number — Color Contrast. range is 1 - 100. Default: 1. 🌈
  • --fps — display the current frame rate and CPU load. the little diagnostic moment, we love a transparent queen 👑

🌼 ENVIRONMENT 🌼

the environment variables, aka the vibes the program reads from the air around it:

  • 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. (yes, RESOURCE_MANAGER, all caps, that's its name, don't come for her) 💜
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. 🌟

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read those too, iykyk 😌

Copyright © 2002 by Rick Campbell.

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.

yeah that's the whole legal thing, it's giving "use it, sell it, just keep the notice, and absolutely no promises that it does anything useful." periodt 💀

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Rick Campbell. that's the legend. thank you Rick 🫶

ngl that's the whole page, you're officially educated, go run wander and watch the little colorful guy do his thing 🦋💖

🌸 💫 🎀 — this has been wander(6) from the XScreenSaver manual, part of X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026. love u, bye 🎀 💫 🌸

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