cubestorm(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 cubestorm(6x) — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to cubestorm from the XScreenSaver family (that's the (6x) part, it's giving screensaver-manual energy 👑). It's a little series of 3D boxes that fill space. That's it. That's the whole vibe. Let's get into it 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cubestorm [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
          [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number]
          [--speed float] [--count int] [--thickness float] [--no-wander]
          [--no-spin] [--wireframe] [--fps]

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

It draws a series of rotating 3D boxes that intersect each other and, eventually, fill space. Literally. They just keep going until space is filled. No cap 💅

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual — and that number can be decimal or hex, so go off with your 0x self 😌
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. This is the default one, bestie. Default behavior, main character energy.
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. Iconic.
  • --window-id number — draw on the window you specify. That exact one. Not a different one.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. Default: 30000 (which is 0.03 seconds, for the people at home doing the math 🧮).
  • --speed number — larger numbers mean it runs faster. Default: 1.0.
  • --count number — number of cubes. Default 4. Four little guys. A whole squad 🧊🧊🧊🧊
  • --thickness float — how thick the struts making up the cubes should be, on a scale of 0.0–1.0. Default 0.06.
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the cubes should wander around the screen. (Wander = they roam. No-wander = they stay put.)
  • --spin | --no-spin — whether the cubes should spin. Spinning is very much their thing but you CAN turn it off, it's your life 💫
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. Skeleton mode vs. full-look mode ✨
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. Nerd stats, we love her 📊

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

  • 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. (iykyk)
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. Yes, that's the one you want when you're going the --root route.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 2003 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.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jamie Zawinski. (an absolute legend, fr fr)

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X Version 11 · 6.17-1.fc44 · (13-Oct-2026) — that's the source, the version, and the date, mwah, love that for us 🎀✨ bye!!

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