endgame(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
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💖 endgame — bestie edition 💖

okay so. this is endgame, from the ✨XScreenSaver✨ family of manual pages, and it is literally the most main-character screensaver concept ever: it re-plays classic chess games. iconic. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

endgame — re-play classic chess games 🎀♟️

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

endgame [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id
number] [--install] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds]
[--wireframe] [--fps]

look at that. a whole lil lineup of flags. we love a flexible queen 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so endgame replays a brilliant chess ending 🌈✨

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "grandmaster but make it a screensaver". 🦋

✨ OPTIONS ✨

endgame accepts the following options, and bestie, we are listing every single one:

  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing at all, this is where you're at. lowkey the chill option 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. root window girlies rise up 🌸
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you're picking the exact window by number. very specific. very demure ✨
  • --install — install a private colormap for the window. fancy color situation, just for you 💅
  • --shadows — project pieces against the board with dark blend. dramatic lighting fr fr 🌑
  • --reflections — reflect pieces in light board squares. glossy. shiny. ate. ✨🪞
  • --classic — use the original low-polygon piece models. retro throwback, vintage chic, we love a legacy moment 👑
  • --labels — display information about the current game and move. so you actually know what's happening instead of just vibing 😭📋
  • --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. pick your fighter 🎀
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode. bones. 💀
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. numbers go brrr, we love receipts 📊🔥
heads up: in the original page, the --fps description got fused onto the end of the --wireframe description. same facts, bestie, i just gave it its own lil bullet so your eyes don't have to suffer 🙈

also, --delay microseconds shows up in the synopsis up there, so go look at it. i'm not making stuff up about it, i'm just saying it exists. periodt. 💜

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

the environment variables are here and they matter, so don't skip this part:

  • 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.

env vars are the backstage crew of this whole operation, honestly. no one claps for them and they carry the entire show 🫶✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, bestie, they're part of the lore:

iykyk 📚💖

Copyright © 2002 by Blair Tennessy. 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.

(translation, in my own words: use it, copy it, sell it, whatever — just keep the notice, and nobody's promising it works for your specific situation. the actual legal text above is the real one though, don't quote me in court 💀)

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Blair Tennessy <tennessb@unbc.ca>, 20-April-2002. 🎀👑

okay that's the whole page, we made it, tysm for reading 🫶 this was endgame(6x) from the XScreenSaver manual, X Version 11, 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 🌈 slay, go replay a brilliant chess ending, mwah 💖✨♟️

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