flipflop(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 flipflop (6x) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is a screensaver from the XScreenSaver manual and it is genuinely so cute: it's called flipflop and it draws a grid of 3D squares that change positions. yes. that's the whole vibe. squares. flipping. slay.

✨ NAME ✨

flipflop — draws a grid of 3D squares that change positions 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

flipflop [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--count number | --free number] [--size
number] [--size-x number] [--size-y number] [--spin number] [--mode
sticks | tiles] [--delay number] [--wireframe] [--fps] [--texture]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like. Flipflop draws a grid of 3D colored tiles and the tiles change positions with each other. it's giving very much "watching a puzzle solve itself while you procrastinate". lowkey mesmerizing, highkey iconic. 🧚

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex, bestie, both work) of a specific visual. 👑
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, congrats, you already did this one. 💅
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. main character energy on your whole desktop.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. like, the exact one you point at. no cap.
  • --count number — number of tiles on the board. a value of "0" means "default". and the default number of tiles depends on the size of the board and the mode: 95% of total tiles for "tiles" mode and 80% of total sticks for "sticks" mode (e.g. 76 tiles or 64 sticks for a 9x9 board). the math is mathing. 🍓
  • --free number — number of tiles missing from the board. see -count. (it's the inverse vibe, we love a duo.)
  • --size number — number of tiles on each side of the board. takes precedence over -size-x and -size-y. default: 9. ✨
  • --size-x number — width (in tiles) of the board. default: 9.
  • --size-y number — length (in tiles) of the board. default: 9.
  • --spin number — angular velocity for the rotation of the board. it spins. you control the spin. periodt. 🔥
  • --mode sticks — draw hopping sticks instead of flipping tiles. sticks!! hopping!! 🦋
  • --mode tiles — draw flipping tiles. this is the default.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 20000 (0.02 seconds.).
  • --fps | --no-fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. nerdy and I love her for it. 👑
  • --wireframe — only draw outlines. minimalism. it's giving line art.
  • --texture | --no-texture — whether to texture the tiles with a screen grab or an image. glow up optional. 💖

🌈 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)

iykyk. go read those next, bestie.

Copyright © 2003 by Kevin Ogden. 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.

fr fr, that's the whole license. it's basically "do whatever, just don't remove my name and don't sue me" 💀

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Kevin Ogden <kogden1@hotmail.com>. Some additional code by Sergio Gutierrez <sergut@gmail.com>.

okay that's the whole page!! this is X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026, and it lives in the XScreenSaver manual as flipflop(6x). go flip some tiles, you absolute legend 💅✨🌸

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