extrusion(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ extrusion(6x) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the extrusion manual page, section 6x, part of the XScreenSaver manual 💖 this is the one with the shapes that literally cannot sit still.

🌈 NAME 🌈

extrusion — various rotating extruded shapes. that's it, that's the whole job description 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

extrusion [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--name which] [--no-
light] [--wireframe] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It draws various rotating extruded shapes that twist around, lengthen, and turn inside out. no cap, they just be doing that. 🌸

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • --visual visual — tell it 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 ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is already the vibe 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 10000 (that's 0.01 seconds.). honestly? iconic little pause.
  • --name which — which object to draw. choices are: helix2, helix3, helix4, joinoffset, screw, taper, and twistoid. yes, screw is in there, i'm not making that up 😭
  • --light | --no-light — whether to light the scene, or use flat coloring. glow up or flat, your call. 💡
  • --bitmap file — the texture map to use. 🎀
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode activated 🦴✨
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. stats bestie!! we love a performance check 🫶

🌸 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)

Copyright © 2002 by Linas Vepstas and David Konerding. 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. 📜 (legalese, but make it slay 💅)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This screensaver was created by David Konerding from the samples that come with the GL Extrusion library by Linas Vepstas. shoutout to the legends 🫶

so yeah, that's the whole thing 💖 huge thank you to the XScreenSaver crew — this baby is X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026, and it lives its best life in section extrusion(6x). stay twisty, bestie 🌀✨

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