cubestack(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 cubestack — the XScreenSaver manual, but make it a group chat 💖

okay bestie, welcome to cubestack(6x), straight out of the XScreenSaver manual. it's a screensaver module, it's iconic, and it's literally just cubes unfolding forever. we're so back. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

cubestack — an endless stack of unfolding, translucent cubes. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number]
[--thickness number] [--opacity number] [--no-wander] [--wireframe]
[--fps]

she's got a lot of flags and every single one of them ate. no cap. 💅

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

An endless stack of unfolding, translucent cubes.

like… endless. stack. unfolding. translucent. cubes. the way that this is exactly what it says on the tin and it's still serving main character energy?? obsessed. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every one of these lives here, we do not skip, we do not summarise, we respect the source. periodt. 🧚

  • --visual visual — picks which visual you wanna use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual (decimal or hex, both slay).
  • --window — draws on a brand-new window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. 💖
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. going straight to the desktop's face, love that for you.
  • --window-id number — draws on the specific window you point at. you pick, she paints.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 30000, which is 0.03 seconds. yes microseconds, no i will not be converting that in my head either. 😭
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. simple math, we love her.
  • --thickness number — how thick the face edges are. range is 0.0 - 0.5. default: 0.13. chunky edges? thin edges? your call bestie.
  • --opacity number — how see-through the cubes are. range is 0.01 - 1.0. default: 0.7. ghostly translucent queen. 👻
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the object should wander around the screen. she's a free spirit or she's not, no in between.
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode vs. full-body mode. 💀
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. a little numbers moment, for the nerds (affectionate). 🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

the environment variables said "we're also here" and honestly? they're right.

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number.
  • XENVIRONMENT — used 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.

iykyk. 💜

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read those too, bestie, they're the lore. ⭐

Copyright © 2016 by Jamie Zawinski. 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.

fr fr, "as is" means as is. no warranty, express or implied. don't come for her. 🙈

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Jamie Zawinski. legend behaviour. 💖

and that's the whole page, babe — this was X Version 11, build 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026, and the page itself is cubestack(6x). mwah, go unfold some cubes. 🦋✨🌸

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