binaryring(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💫 binaryring — the XScreenSaver glow-up 💫

okay bestie, sit down, because this is binaryring(6x), straight out of the XScreenSaver manual, and it is lowkey mesmerizing. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

binaryring — a whole system of path tracing particles that evolves continuously from an initial creation. like, it's born once and then it just... keeps becoming. main character energy fr. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

binaryring [--fps] [--install] [--noinstall] [--mono] [--root]
[--window-id number] [--visual visual] [--window] [--window-id
window-id] [--color] [--no-color] [--growth-delay delayms]
[--particle-number particles] [--ring-radius radius]

(no cap, that's the whole invocation, copy it exactly, don't freestyle it 💅)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

A system of path tracing particles evolves continuously from an initial circular creation. ages of darkness play arbitrarily with ages of light. 🌈

that's it. that's the vibe. it's giving cosmic ballet, it's giving light and shadow flirting, and honestly? obsessed. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

binaryring accepts the following options, and yes we're going through every single one, bestie:

  • --fps — shows you the current frame rate and CPU load. the little reality check on how hard your machine is working. 💅
  • --install — installs a private colormap for the window. fancy.
  • --mono — if you're on a color display, this pretends we're on a monochrome display instead. dress-up but make it grayscale. 🖤🤍
  • --noinstall — does not install a private colormap for the window. the opposite of --install, if you can believe it. 💀
  • --root — draws on the root window. full desktop takeover, no window needed. 👑
  • --window-id number — draws on the window you specify.
  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. so like, either, both, go off. ✨
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. 🫶
  • --window-id window-id — specify which window id to use.
  • --color (Default) — particles get random generated colors that gradually change over time. this is the default and honestly it ate. 🔥
  • --no-color — uses the original black and white visualization. classic, minimalist, iconic in its own way. 🎀
  • --growth-delay delayms (Default: 10000) — delay in ms between growth cycles. more delay = slower, but also less CPU intensive. so if your laptop fan is screaming, you know what to do. 😭
  • --particles-number particles (Default: 5000) — the number of particles in the system. heads up: with more particles, the fps can also be affected. 👀
  • --ring-radius radius (Default: 40) — the radius of the ring where the particles are born, in pixels. this is the birthplace, the origin story, the natal chart. 🌸

🧚 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), http://complexification.net/

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. Emilio Del Tessandoro <emilio.deltessa@gmail.com>, Aug 2014.

okay and for the cute sign-off: this whole thing is X Version 11, package version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026, and it belongs to the binaryring(6x) era of the XScreenSaver manual. thanks for coming to my ted talk, go run some particles, love u bye 💖🎀🦋

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