binaryhorizon(6x)

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version 6.17 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about binaryhorizon(6x) — straight out of the XScreenSaver manual. It's a screensaver. It's art. It's literally particles tracing paths across your screen forever. Let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

binaryhorizon — a whole system of path-tracing particles that just… keeps evolving. Continuously. No cap. 🌈

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

binaryhorizon [--fps] [--install] [--noinstall] [--mono] [--root]
[--window-id number] [--visual visual] [--window] [--window-id
window-id] [--color] [--no-color] [--growth-delay delayms]
[--particle-number particles] [--duration secs] [--bicolor]
[--monocolor]

she's long, she's detailed, she's everything 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

A system of path tracing particles evolves continuously from an initial horizon, alternating between colors.

That's it. That's the whole vibe. Particles. Paths. Horizon. Forever evolving. it's giving generative art main character energy 🎀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

binaryhorizon accepts the following options, and bestie, we are going through every single one:

  • --fps — shows you the current frame rate and the CPU load. So you can watch your machine sweat in real time 😭
  • --install — installs a private colormap for the window. Colormap but make it exclusive 💅
  • --mono — if you're on a color display, just pretend we're on a monochrome display. delulu? maybe. valid? absolutely.
  • --noinstall — don't install a private colormap for the window. the opposite of the other one, you got this 🫶
  • --root — draws on the root window. yes, the actual background. she lives there now 🏠
  • --window-id number — draws on the specified 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. hex girlies, this one's for you 🧚
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. ⭐
  • --window-id window-id — specify which window id to use.
  • --color (Default) — particles get randomly generated colors that gradually change over time. ✨ iconic behavior
  • --no-color — use the original black and white visualization. minimalism era 🖤🤍
  • --bicolor (Default) — particles have 2 random colors, starting as white and black.
  • --monocolor — particles have 2 colors: one starting as white and gradually changing, and one staying black.
  • --fade (Default) — particles gradually fade between colors over time. soft launch into a new palette 🎀
  • --no-fade — every particle is a random color. chaos mode, we respect it.
  • --growth-delay delayms (Default: 10000) — delay in ms between growth cycles. More delay, slower (but less CPU intensive). your fan will thank you for this one ⭐
  • --particles-number particles (Default: 5000) — the number of particles in the system. With more particles the fps can also be affected. no cap, she will chug 🍓
  • --duration secs (Default: 30) — how long between full resets. a whole refresh arc every 30 seconds, periodt.
heads up bestie: the SYNOPSIS up there says --particle-number particles and the OPTIONS say --particles-number particles. both are written exactly like that in the original. i don't make the rules, i just transcribe them 💀

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. where is she? she's on DISPLAY, babe.
  • 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 🔥

go look at the pretty website, i know you want to 💖

  • Copyright 2020 by Patrick Leiser <patrick27leiser@yahoo.com>.
  • Based on code © 2003 by J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>.
  • XScreenSaver port: Emilio Del Tessandoro <emilio.deltessa@gmail.com>

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

  • Patrick Leiser <patrick27leiser@yahoo.org>, Mar 2020.
  • J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun 2003.
  • Emilio Del Tessandoro <emilio.deltessa@gmail.com>, Aug 2014.

three absolute legends, credited properly, as they should be 👑

okay that's the whole page, bestie — you're fully literate in binaryhorizon now, level up complete 🌈✨

This one's running on X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. go forth and let the particles evolve 💅🦋🎀

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