xrayswarm(6)

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

💅 NAME 💅

okay bestie, welcome to xrayswarm(6) — it's an XScreenSaver manual page, and the whole serve is literally: xrayswarm — swarms with color trails. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

quick heads-up: --display host:display.screen and --fps are in that synopsis, but the original OPTIONS section below doesn't give them their own separate blurbs, so I'm not inventing any, bestie. 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so it draws a few swarms of critters flying around the screen, with nicely faded color trails behind them. it's giving dreamy bug rave, lowkey mesmerizing, highkey a whole vibe. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --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: 0 (0.00 seconds.). ⏱️

🌿 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) — go read those too, bestie. 📚

okay legal bestie, here's the exact copyright/license tea so nothing gets lost:

Copyright © 2002 by Chris Leger. 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 💜

Chris Leger. 🫶

later, bestie — this cutie is from X Version 11, version 6.15 (30-Mar-2026). 💖✨

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