elementalring(6x)

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version 6.17 · 4 versions
, in fedora 44

🦋 elementalring(6x) — XScreenSaver manual 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the elementalring(6x) page from the XScreenSaver manual. this is the one where a rotating ring knots and un-knots itself, and honestly? it’s giving hypnotic glitter slinky energy. no cap. 💅

📛 NAME 📛

elementalring — screen saver.

🌀 SYNOPSIS 🌀

elementalring [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number]
[--fps]

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

A rotating ring knots and un-knots itself. that’s the whole vibe. it’s lowkey mesmerizing, highkey a screensaver, and it said main character energy. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --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.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default. periodt.
  • --root — draw on the root window.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 20000 (0.02 seconds). yes bestie, microseconds, she’s precise.
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.
  • --scale number — frame buffer resolution. 0.5 means halve the resolution for better performance but lower quality output. default 1.0, full quality.
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

🌱 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 © 2016 by Otavio Good. 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 ✍️

Otavio Good.

X Version 11 · 6.17-1.fc44 · 13-Oct-2026 · elementalring(6x) — bye bestie, go let that ring do its little knot thing 💖✨

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