energystream(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ energystream(6x) ✨

okay bestie so this is energystream, living in the XScreenSaver manual section 6x. it's giving ✨particles✨, it's giving energy, and honestly? we're obsessed. let's get into it 💖

🌈 NAME 🌈

energystream — a flow of particles which form an energy stream. literally that's the whole gig. a stream. of energy. of particles. no cap. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

energystream [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
             [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--no-wander] [--no-spin]
             [--fps]

so many lil flags, so little time, and we love that for us 💅

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

It draws a set of flowing particles, with the camera flying around and through it. that's the vibe check and it passed with flying colors (literally, the camera is flying). 🧚‍♀️

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • --display host:display.screen — tells it which display to talk to. standard bestie behavior. 🌸
  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual (decimal or hex, your call, main character energy either way). ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, i.e. what happens if you say nothing at all. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. going straight to the desktop's roots, periodt. 🌱
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you know the one. that one. 🙈
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the camera should wander around the screen. --wander = yes roam, --no-wander = stay put. 🚶‍♀️
  • --spin | --no-spin — whether the camera should spin. --spin = yes swirl, --no-spin = keep it steady. 🌪️
  • --fps — displays the current frame rate, the CPU load, and the polygon count. the full stat sheet, iykyk. 📊🔥

🌿 ENVIRONMENT 🌿

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. your fave little "where am i" hookup. 💜
  • 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 🫶

go read those too, bestie, we support a well-rounded education 📚💖

Copyright © 2016 by Eugene Sandulenko.

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.

(keeping the legal bits word-for-word because lawyers are the one audience you do not improvise for 💀)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Eugene Sandulenko. thank you for the particles, icon 👑🌸

and that's the whole page!! this one's from X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 — slay, bye bestie, go make some energy streams 🎀💖✨

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