eruption(6x)

💥 NAME 💥

okay bestie, this is eruption(6x) from the XScreenSaver manual, and the name is Eruption — literally “eruption of pieces of hot volcanic rock.” Volcano crumbs, but make it fashion. 🌋💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The summoning line, kept exactly as written:

Eruption [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root] [--window-id number] [--ncolors number] [--nParticles number]
       [-Heat number] [-Cooling number] [-Gravity number] [--delay number]
       [--cycles number] [--fps]

Tiny spelling heads-up, bestie: the synopsis says --nParticles, -Heat, -Cooling, and -Gravity; the OPTIONS section below says --particles, --heat, --cooloff, and --gravity. I am keeping both versions exactly as printed. No silent edits, no cap. 🫶

🌋 DESCRIPTION 🌋

This hack creates an eruption of pieces of hot volcanic rock. That’s it, that’s the vibe. It’s giving main-character volcano. 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Options o’clock, bestie. Every flag, every default, every little crumb of info is staying. ✨

• --display host:display.screen — this appears in the synopsis; the page doesn’t give it an options-list blurb, so I’m not inventing one. It stays exact. 💅
• --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.
• --root — Draw on the root window.
• --window-id number — Draw on the specified window.
• --ncolors number — Number of Colors. Default: 256.
• --particles number — Number of Particles. Default: 300. (The synopsis spells this one --nParticles number, and that spelling stays too.)
• --cooloff number — Eruption Cooloff. Default: 2. (Synopsis spelling: -Cooling number.)
• --heat number — Heat of Eruption. Default: 256. (Synopsis spelling: -Heat number.)
• --gravity number — Gravity. Default: 1. (Synopsis spelling: -Gravity number.)
• --delay number — Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.01 seconds.).
• --cycles number — Duration. 10 - 3000. Default: 80.
• --fps — Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

🌈 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 🦋

• X(1)
• xscreensaver(1)
• https://demo-effects.sourceforge.net/

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2002-2003 by W.P. van Paassen. 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 💜

W.P. van Paassen.

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okay that’s the whole page, bestie. The footer energy is X Version 11, version 6.09 (07-Jun-2024), and eruption(6x) — bye, love u, stay volcanic. 🌋💖