atunnel(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ atunnel — hypnotic GL tunnel journey ✨

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because this one is a whole vibe. this is the manual page for atunnel, a screensaver from the XScreenSaver family, and it does exactly one thing and it does it gorgeously: it draws an animation of a journey through a GL tunnel. that's it. that's the whole plot. a tunnel. you fly through it. hypnotic. iconic. 🌀💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

atunnel [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id
number] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--light] [--no-light]
[--wire] [--no-wire] [--texture] [--no-texture] [--fps]

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so like, atunnel draws an animation of a journey in a GL tunnel. that's literally the description. go forth and be tunneled. 🕳️✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

the original page says sballs accepts the following options. bestie. it's an atunnel page. sballs is a different screensaver. this is a copy-paste oopsie that lives rent-free in the original text and we are keeping it, no cap. 🙈
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, congrats, you get a window. 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window. main character energy, takes over your whole desktop.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specific window you name. you pick, it draws. 🎯
  • --install — install a private colormap for the window. fancy, exclusive, only-for-you color palette. 🎨
  • --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.
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. nerd stats onscreen, we love to see it. 📊
  • --texture — show a textured tunnel. this is the default, so the tunnel is dripped out automatically. 🫶
  • --no-texture — disables texturing the animation. plain tunnel, minimal tunnel, still a tunnel though. 🌸
  • --wire — draw a wireframe rendition of the tunnel. skeleton tunnel. structurally stunning. 💀✨
also, peep the SYNOPSIS — <hotpink>--delay microseconds</hotpink>, <hotpink>--light</hotpink>, <hotpink>--no-light</hotpink> and <hotpink>--no-wire</hotpink> all show up in the usage line, but the OPTIONS list above doesn't break them down. just so you know what's on the menu, bestie. no notes, that's just the page. 📝

🌸 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 🦋

Copyright © 2003 by Eric Lassauge. 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 💜

  • Roman Podobedov <romka@ut.ee>
  • Eric Lassauge <lassauge@users.sourceforge.net>

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this came out of X Version 11, specifically version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. go stare into a tunnel, you've earned it. 💖✨🎀

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